Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Full reference: A. Dulai. 2019. New data on the Late Miocene brachiopod fauna of Tetti Borelli (Piedmont, N Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125:125-145
Belongs to Eucalathis according to A. Dulai 2019
Sister taxa: Eucalathis costellata, Eucalathis cubensis, Eucalathis davidi, Eucalathis dorae, Eucalathis ergastica, Eucalathis fasciculata, Eucalathis floridensis, Eucalathis inflata, Eucalathis macroctena, Eucalathis macrorhynchus, Eucalathis magna, Eucalathis methanophila, Eucalathis murrayi, Eucalathis rotundata, Eucalathis rugosa, Eucalathis tauriniensis, Eucalathis trigona, Eucalathis tuberata
Type specimen: RGM.1351087, a valve (dorsal valve). Its type locality is Tetti Borelli, 0.75-1.2 m above clay layer, which is in a Tortonian deep-water sandstone in the Sant'Agata Fossili Formation of Italy.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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