Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Full reference: N. E. Pettitt. 1950. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Part I 103(450):1-26
Belongs to Cretirhynchia according to N. E. Pettitt 1950
Sister taxa: Cretirhynchia (Cretirhynchia), Cretirhynchia (Harmignirhynchia), Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia), Cretirhynchia lenticularis, Cretirhynchia plicatilis, Cretirhynchia subplicata
Type specimen: G.S.M 88778. Its type locality is New Pit, Lewes (Planus Zone), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), France (1), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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