Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
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 Tropeothyris according to E. F. Owen 1988
Sister taxa: Tropeothyris allavensis, Tropeothyris bieskidensis, Tropeothyris cyclogonia, Tropeothyris funtanensis, Tropeothyris immanis, Tropeothyris islarensis, Tropeothyris isomorpha, Tropeothyris kugusemi, Tropeothyris luancensis, Tropeothyris pilati, Tropeothyris testatus, Tropeothyris tychoviensis
Type specimen: BB82185, a shell. Its type locality is Gore Cliff, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate sandstone/chalk in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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