Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1988. Cenomanian brachiopods from the Lower Chalk of Britain and northern Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 44(2):65-175
Belongs to Orbirhynchia according to E. F. Owen 1988
Sister taxa: Orbirhynchia bella, Orbirhynchia compta, Orbirhynchia cuvieri, Orbirhynchia dispansa, Orbirhynchia extensa, Orbirhynchia granum, Orbirhynchia heberti, Orbirhynchia mantelliana, Orbirhynchia multicostata, Orbirhynchia obscura, Orbirhynchia orbignyi, Orbirhynchia oweni, Orbirhynchia parkinsoni, Orbirhynchia parva, Orbirhynchia pisiformis, Orbirhynchia praedispansa, Orbirhynchia reedensis, Orbirhynchia wiesti, Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis
Type specimen: W.J. Kennedy coll. BB82131, a shell. Its type locality is Sables de Bousse, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in France.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sables de Bousse
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