Thecidellina (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bifolium, Eothecidellina, Kakanuiella, Rioultina, Stentorina

Subtaxa: Thecidellina alabamensis Thecidellina bahamiensis Thecidellina barretti Thecidellina blochmanni Thecidellina congregata Thecidellina japonica Thecidellina maxilla Thecidellina minuta Thecidellina persica Thecidellina williamsi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), Vanuatu (7)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (3)

• Miocene of Cuba (1), Fiji (4), Indonesia (1), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of Iran (1)

• Eocene of Cuba (1), Tonga (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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