Cyclothyris segurai Berrocal-Casero 2020 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Full reference: M. Berrocal-Casero. 2020. Taxonomic names, in Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) rhynchonellides from Northern Spain: taxonomy and palaeobiogeography. Cretaceous Research 106(104216)

Belongs to Cyclothyris according to M. Berrocal-Casero 2020

Sister taxa: Cyclothyris acuticostalis, Cyclothyris africana, Cyclothyris aliformis, Cyclothyris alikentica, Cyclothyris americana, Cyclothyris astieriana, Cyclothyris bitririca, Cyclothyris burgemakensis, Cyclothyris cardiatelia, Cyclothyris compressa, Cyclothyris dagestanica, Cyclothyris densleonis, Cyclothyris difformis, Cyclothyris ementitum, Cyclothyris formosa, Cyclothyris gibbsiana, Cyclothyris globata, Cyclothyris juigneti, Cyclothyris kennedyi, Cyclothyris lamarckiana, Cyclothyris larwoodi, Cyclothyris latissima, Cyclothyris punfieldensis, Cyclothyris subtrigonalis, Cyclothyris sutchanensis, Cyclothyris tenuicostata, Cyclothyris ulaganica, Cyclothyris vespertilio, Cyclothyris zudakharica

Type specimen: UCM.Ni.23.29, a shell. Its type locality is Ni.23, Nidáguila, which is in a Coniacian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Villaescusa Formation of Spain.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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