Musculina nuciformis Smirnova and Baraboshkin 2004 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova and E. Y. Baraboshkin. 2004. Valanginian-Lower Hauterivian brachiopod assemblages of the area between rivers Kacha and Bodrak (South-West Crimea). Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 12(2):48-63

Belongs to Musculina according to T. N. Smirnova and E. Y. Baraboshkin 2004

Sister taxa: Musculina nikischini, Musculina sanctaecrucis, Musculina vraconnensis

Type specimen: MSU MZ 1/100. Its type locality is Verkhorech'ye (Early Hauterivian), which is in a Hauterivian marine sandstone in Ukraine.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Ukraine (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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