Terebratella averilli Anderson 1938 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Alternative combination: Cyclothyris averilli

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331

Belongs to Terebratella according to F. M. Anderson 1938

See also Murphy 1956

Sister taxa: Terebratella (Magasella), Terebratella (Waltonia), Terebratella californica, Terebratella crofti, Terebratella dorsata, Terebratella enzenspergeri, Terebratella mayi, Terebratella obesa, Terebratella occidentalis, Terebratella patagonica, Terebratella rubiginosa, Terebratella sookensis, Terebratella spitzbergensis, Terebratella submutica, Terebratella tennuis

Type specimen: CAS 8591, a shell. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1347, Roaring River, which is in a Turonian/Coniacian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (4: California collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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