Rugia spinosa Surlyk 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae

Full reference: F. Surlyk. 1970. Two New Brachiopods form the Danish White Chalk (Maastrichtian). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 20:152-161

Belongs to Rugia according to M. B. Johansen and F. Surlyk 1990

See also Bitner and Pisera 1979

Sister taxa: Rugia acutirostris, Rugia curvirostris, Rugia spinicostata, Rugia tegulata, Rugia tenuicostata, Rugia zagorseki

Type specimen: MMH no. 11018. Its type locality is Gedser lighthouse, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in Denmark.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), Poland (8), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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