Orbirhynchia obscura Pettitt 1954 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Full reference: N. E. Pettitt. 1954. A monograph of the Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk. Part 2. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 107:27-52

Belongs to Orbirhynchia according to N. E. Pettitt 1954

Sister taxa: Orbirhynchia bella, Orbirhynchia boussensis, Orbirhynchia compta, Orbirhynchia cuvieri, Orbirhynchia dispansa, Orbirhynchia extensa, Orbirhynchia granum, Orbirhynchia heberti, Orbirhynchia mantelliana, Orbirhynchia multicostata, Orbirhynchia orbignyi, Orbirhynchia oweni, Orbirhynchia parkinsoni, Orbirhynchia parva, Orbirhynchia pisiformis, Orbirhynchia praedispansa, Orbirhynchia reedensis, Orbirhynchia wiesti, Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis

Type specimen: B.M [BB.12397]. Its type locality is Folkestone, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Lower Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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