Cirpa langi Ager 1958 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Full reference: D. V. Ager. 1958. A Monograph of the British Liassic Rhynchonellidae, Part II 51-84

Belongs to Cirpa according to D. V. Ager 1958

Sister taxa: Cirpa borissiaki, Cirpa briseis, Cirpa fallax, Cirpa fromontae, Cirpa fronto, Cirpa himalaica, Cirpa kiragliae, Cirpa lucentina, Cirpa planifrons, Cirpa slovenica, Cirpa subcostellata, Cirpa subfurcillata, Cirpa variabilis

Subtaxa: Cirpa langi carpathica

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Type specimen: BMNH B.33542, a shell. Its type locality is Shipton Long Lane, near Bothenhampton (Marlstone bed), which is in a Spinatum marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (2 collections), France (1), Slovakia (2), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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