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 cuvieri, Orbirhynchia dispansa, Orbirhynchia extensa, Orbirhynchia granum, Orbirhynchia heberti, Orbirhynchia mantelliana, Orbirhynchia multicostata, Orbirhynchia obscura, Orbirhynchia orbignyi, Orbirhynchia oweni, Orbirhynchia parkinsoni, Orbirhynchia parva, Orbirhynchia pisiformis, Orbirhynchia praedispansa, Orbirhynchia reedensis, Orbirhynchia wiesti, Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis
Type specimen: B.M. [BB.12398]. Its type locality is Branscombe or Berry Cliffs, which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in the Middle Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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