Thurmannella acuticosta Childs 1969 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Full reference: A. Childs. 1969. Upper Jurassic Rhynchonellid Brachiopods From Northwestern Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 6(6):3-119

Belongs to Thurmannella according to X. Shi and R. E. Grant 1993

See also Childs 1969

Sister taxa: Thurmannella obtrita, Thurmannella pentaptycta, Thurmannella rotunda

Type specimen: Its type locality is Filey Brigg, which is in an Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Lower Calcaerous Grit Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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