Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Alternative combination: Lamellaerhynchia picteti
Full reference: F. Burri. 1956. Die Rhynchonelliden der Unteren Kreide (Valanginien-Barremien) im westschweizerischen Juragebirge. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 49:600-701
Belongs to Sulcirhynchia according to T. N. Smirnova 2012
See also Burri 1956 and Owen and Thurrell 1968
Sister taxa: Sulcirhynchia gillieroni, Sulcirhynchia insolitus, Sulcirhynchia renauxiana, Sulcirhynchia valangiensis
Type specimen: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Nr. 1250a, a shell. Its type locality is Mont-de-Chamblon W of Yverdon (Uttins quarry), which is in a Hauterivian marine horizon in the Marnes d'Uttins Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Switzerland (7), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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