Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290
Belongs to Biplicatoria according to G. A. Cooper 1983
Sister taxa: Moutonithyris anglia, Moutonithyris dutempleana, Moutonithyris dutempliana, Moutonithyris moutoniana, Atactosia obtusa, Biplicatoria ferruginea
Type specimen: USNM 64628a, a shell. Its type locality is Cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk (Red Chalk), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Hunstanton Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk (Red Chalk)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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