Orbirhynchia oweni Rabrenovic et al. 2002 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Full reference: D. Rabrenovic, N. Vasic, J. Mitrovic-Petrovic, V. Radulovic, B. Radulovic and D. Sreckovic-Batocanin. 2002. The middle Cenomanian basal series of Planinica, Western Serbia. Geoloshki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva = Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 64:13-43

Belongs to Orbirhynchia according to D. Rabrenovic et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Orbirhynchia bella, Orbirhynchia boussensis, Orbirhynchia compta, Orbirhynchia cuvieri, Orbirhynchia dispansa, Orbirhynchia extensa, Orbirhynchia granum, Orbirhynchia heberti, Orbirhynchia mantelliana, Orbirhynchia multicostata, Orbirhynchia obscura, Orbirhynchia orbignyi, Orbirhynchia parkinsoni, Orbirhynchia parva, Orbirhynchia pisiformis, Orbirhynchia praedispansa, Orbirhynchia reedensis, Orbirhynchia wiesti, Orbirhynchia wilmingtonensis

Type specimen: FMGB VR 72/3. Its type locality is Planinica, which is in a Cenomanian foreshore sandstone in Serbia and Montenegro.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Planinica

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