Cruratula (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Alternative spelling: Waldheimia (Cruratula)

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

See also Alma 1926, Bittner 1912 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adygella, Amygdalocosta, Aspidothyris, Bittnerithyris, Coenothyris, Dareithyris, Dielasma, Dielasmina, Dongbaella, Ectoposia, Elasmata, Fletcherithyris, Pirithyris, Plectelasma, Praerhaetina, Sulcatinella, Tibetothyris, Tosuhuthyris, Tunethyris, Whitspakia, Yochelsonia

Subtaxa: Cruratula beyrichii Cruratula eudora Cruratula eudoxa Waldheimia (Cruratula) carinthiaca Waldheimia (Cruratula) damesi Waldheimia (Cruratula) vespremica

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (5 collections), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Hungary (15), Italy (3), Slovakia (4)

Total: 29 collections including 36 occurrences

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