Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Alternative combination: Terebratula phaseolina
Belongs to Sellithyris according to E. F. Owen 1988
Sister taxa: Sellithyris binalubensis, Sellithyris carteroniana, Sellithyris coahuilensis, Sellithyris coxwellensis, Sellithyris engeli, Sellithyris essertensis, Sellithyris gratianopolitensis, Sellithyris mayuensis, Sellithyris middlemissi, Sellithyris sella, Sellithyris solei, Sellithyris tornacensis, Sellithyris uniplicata, Sellithyris upwarensis, Sellithyris upwarnensis
Type specimen: Lamarck coll., MHN, Geneva, a shell. Its type locality is Le Mans (Lamarck coll.), which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian carbonate chalk in France.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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