Arenaciarcula Elliott 1959 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae

Full reference: G. F. Elliott. 1959. Six new genera of Mesozoic Brachiopoda. Geological Magazine 96:146-148

Parent taxon: Gemmarculinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Choristothyris, Gemmarcula, Helvetella, Ismenia, Oblongarcula, Ruegenella

Subtaxa: Arenaciarcula beaumonti Arenaciarcula fittoni

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Type: Terebratella fittoni

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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