†Rugia Steinich 1963 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Parent taxon: Chlidonophorinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chlidonophora, Deslongchampsithyris, Disculina, Gisilina, Meonia, Prochlidonophora
Subtaxa: Rugia acutirostris Rugia curvirostris Rugia spinicostata Rugia spinosa Rugia tegulata Rugia tenuicostata Rugia zagorseki
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Austria (4 collections)
• Paleocene of Denmark (15)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (25), Cuba (1), Denmark (6), France (3), Poland (13), the United Kingdom (27)
Total: 94 collections including 124 occurrences
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