Kingena limburgica Simon 2005 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kingenidae

Full reference: E. Simon. 2005. New Lower Maastrichtian brachiopods (Gulpen Formation, Vijlen Member) from southern Limburg (The Netherlands). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 75:127-165

Belongs to Kingena according to E. Simon 2005

Sister taxa: Kingena concinna, Kingena heberti, Kingena mesembrina, Kingena mesmebrinus, Kingena pentangulata, Kingena simiensis

Type specimen: NHMM GK 933, a shell. Its type locality is Zeven Wegen, Vijlenerbosch (62D-15d), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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