Lutetiarcula Elliott 1954 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: G. F. Elliott. 1954. New Brachiopoda from the Eocene of England, France and Africa. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 7:721-728

Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antigoniarcula, Bouchardioidea, Dallinoidea, Eogryphus, Gwyniella, Hercothyris, Kingenoidea, Kraussinoidea, Kurakithyris, Laqueoidea, Leptothyrellopsis, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Miogryphus, Mosaethyrididae, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yabeithyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris

Subtaxa: Lutetiarcula perplexa

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Type: Lutetiarcula perplexa

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Montmarlet (Aisne) (Eocene of France)

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