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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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