Zeillerina Kjansep 1959 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Parent taxon: Vectellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Advenina, Aulacothyroides, Carpatothyris, Cheirothyris, Enodithyris, Epicyrta, Fletcherithyroides, Gemerithyris, Karpatiella, Kedrovothyris, Modestella, Ornithella, Parantiptychia, Tauromenia, Tetjuchithyris, Vectella

Subtaxa: Zeillerina baksanensis Zeillerina magasiformis Zeillerina plana Zeillerina rhomboidalis Zeillerina walkeriformis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Ukraine (3 collections)

• Jurassic of Poland (1), Ukraine (2)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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