Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Full reference: M. R. Sandy, K. Hryniewicz, O. Hammer, H. A. Nakrem, and C. T. S. Little. 2014. Brachiopods from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep deposits, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Zootaxa 3884(6):501-532
Belongs to Ptilorhynchia according to M. R. Sandy et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Ptilorhynchia (Proteorhynchia), Ptilorhynchia (Ptilorhynchia), Ptilorhynchia anabarensis, Ptilorhynchia anadyrensis, Ptilorhynchia australis, Ptilorhynchia exigua, Ptilorhynchia glabra, Ptilorhynchia jeletzkyi, Ptilorhynchia lenaensis, Ptilorhynchia obscuricostata, Ptilorhynchia plumasensis, Ptilorhynchia seducta
Type specimen: PMO 224.882. Its type locality is Seep 9, Knorringfjellet, which is in a Berriasian offshore shelf carbonate in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Seep 9, Knorringfjellet
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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