Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Full reference: R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian brachiopods from southern Thailand. Paleontological Society Memoir 9:1-269
Parent taxon: Ambocoeliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ambocoelia, Attenuatella, Biconvexiella, Bisinocoelia, Crurithyris, Cyrtinoides, Dicoelospirifer, Dionacoelia, Echinocoelia, Eoplicoplasia, Guangxiispirifer, Metaplasia, Ogilviecoelia, Orbicoelia, Paracrurithyris, Plicoplasia, Speciothyris, Spinoplasia, Swaicoelia
Subtaxa: Cruricella couria Cruricella curvata Cruricella minutalis Cruricella subspeciosa
Type: Cruricella couria
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (6 collections), Indonesia (1), Thailand (18), United States (13: Texas)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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