Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Full reference: N. E. Pettitt. 1954. A monograph of the Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk. Part 2. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 107:27-52
Belongs to Orbirhynchia according to E. F. Owen 1988
Sister taxa: Orbirhynchia bella, Orbirhynchia boussensis, Orbirhynchia compta, Orbirhynchia cuvieri, Orbirhynchia dispansa, Orbirhynchia extensa, Orbirhynchia granum, Orbirhynchia heberti, Orbirhynchia mantelliana, Orbirhynchia obscura, Orbirhynchia orbignyi, Orbirhynchia oweni, Orbirhynchia parkinsoni, Orbirhynchia parva, Orbirhynchia pisiformis, Orbirhynchia praedispansa, Orbirhynchia reedensis, Orbirhynchia wiesti, Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis
Type specimen: BGS, GSM 92642-3. Its type locality is Betchworth, which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the Holywell Nodular Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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