Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Alternative combinations: Cretirhynchia (Cretirhynchia) plicatilis, Terebratula plicatilis
Belongs to Cretirhynchia according to D Gaspard and G.S Odin 2001
See also Pettitt 1950 and Simon and Owen 2001
Sister taxa: Cretirhynchia (Cretirhynchia), Cretirhynchia (Harmignirhynchia), Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia), Cretirhynchia lenticularis, Cretirhynchia minor, Cretirhynchia subplicata
Type specimen: B.M. [B.61513]. Its type locality is Northfleet (Upper Chalk, Sowerby collection), which is in a Coniacian/Santonian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (10)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.