Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Full reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1959. English Aptian Terebratulidae. Palaeontology 2(1):94-142
Parent taxon: Sellithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boubeithyris, Glosseudesia, Loriolithyris, Musculina, Ovatathyris, Paraboubeithyris, Phaseolina, Walkerithyris
Subtaxa: Sellithyris binalubensis Sellithyris carteroniana Sellithyris coahuilensis Sellithyris coxwellensis Sellithyris engeli Sellithyris essertensis Sellithyris gratianopolitensis Sellithyris mayuensis Sellithyris middlemissi Sellithyris phaseolina Sellithyris sella Sellithyris solei Sellithyris tornacensis Sellithyris uniplicata Sellithyris upwarensis Sellithyris upwarnensis
Type: Terebratula sella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (5 collections), Belgium (1), China (1), Egypt (1), France (8), Germany (5), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Portugal (3), Romania (2), Spain (16), Switzerland (4), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (22)
• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), Eritrea (3), Ethiopia (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (12)
Total: 99 collections including 108 occurrences
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