Zittelina hofmanni Bujtor and Vörös 2020 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kingenidae

Full reference: L. Bujtor and A. Vörös. 2020. New kingenoid (Terebratellidina) brachiopods with larger body sizes from the Early Cretaceous of Zengővárkony (Mecsek Mountains, Hungary). Journal of Paleontology 94:475-488

Belongs to Zittelina according to L. Bujtor and A. Vörös 2020

Sister taxa: Zittelina beneckei, Zittelina farringdonensis, Zittelina friesenensis, Zittelina orbis, Zittelina pinguicula, Zittelina wahlenbergi

Type specimen: HNHM PAL 2019.4.1, a shell. Its type locality is Zengővárkony, Mecsek Mountains, which is in a Valanginian/Hauterivian carbonate limestone in the Apátvarasd Limestone Formation of Hungary.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zengővárkony, Mecsek Mountains

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