Cretirhynchia (Harmignirhynchia) intermedia Pettitt 1950 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Alternative combination: Cretirhynchia intermedia

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 (Harmignirhynchia) according to E. Simon and E. F. Owen 2001

See also Pettitt 1950

Sister taxon: Cretirhynchia (Harmignirhynchia) obourgensis

Type specimen: B.M. [B.92723]. Its type locality is East Harnham (Actinocamax quadratus zone), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Upper Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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