Cretirhynchia plicatilis Sowerby 1816 (lamp shell)

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

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