Semuridia obliqua Melville 1956 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pergamidiidae

Full reference: R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139

Belongs to Semuridia according to R. V. Melville 1956

Sister taxa: Semuridia jacksoni, Semuridia quadrata

Type specimen: GSM Bj 4433. Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (A. obtusum Zone, A. obtusum Subzone, 1512-1548ft), which is in a Sinemurian carbonate shale in the Lower Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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