Rugia Steinich 1963 (lamp shell)

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

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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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