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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