Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Alternative combination: Cretirhynchia exsculpta
Full reference: N. E. Pettitt. 1950. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk. Rhynchonellidae of the British Chalk, Part I 103(450):1-26
Belongs to Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) according to E. Simon and E. F. Owen 2001
See also Pettitt 1950
Sister taxa: Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) octoplicata, Cretirhynchia (Lewesirhynchia) protoexsculpta
Type specimen: B.M. [B.79824]. Its type locality is Brighton or Friar's Bay, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (13 collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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