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 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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