Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Full reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1959. English Aptian Terebratulidae. Palaeontology 2(1):94-142
Belongs to Sellithyris according to F. A. Middlemiss 1959
Sister taxa: Sellithyris binalubensis, Sellithyris carteroniana, Sellithyris coahuilensis, Sellithyris engeli, Sellithyris essertensis, Sellithyris gratianopolitensis, Sellithyris mayuensis, Sellithyris middlemissi, Sellithyris phaseolina, Sellithyris sella, Sellithyris solei, Sellithyris tornacensis, Sellithyris uniplicata, Sellithyris upwarensis, Sellithyris upwarnensis
Type specimen: BMNH B.26007 (Walker coll.). Its type locality is Faringdon, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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