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 obscura, Orbirhynchia orbignyi, Orbirhynchia oweni, Orbirhynchia parkinsoni, Orbirhynchia parva, Orbirhynchia praedispansa, Orbirhynchia reedensis, Orbirhynchia wiesti, Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis
Type specimen: B.M. [B.92580]. Its type locality is Quidhampton, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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