Lacazella Munier-Chalmas 1881 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae

Parent taxon: Lacazellinae according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Eolacazella, Neothecidella, Parabifolium, Praelacazella, Thecidanella, Thecidella, Vermiculothecidea

Subtaxa: Lacazella (Bifolium) Lacazella caribbeanensis Lacazella mauritiana Lacazella mediterranea Lacazella nana Lacazella novazelandiae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Vanuatu (6 collections)

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Spain (1)

• Miocene of Cuba (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), New Zealand (2), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of France (6), Germany (3), Puerto Rico (2)

• Eocene of Hungary (1), Italy (1), Ukraine (1)

• Paleocene of the Netherlands (1), Spain (2), United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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