Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Full reference: M. A. Bitner. 2019. Taxonomic names, in A late Paleocene fauna from shallow-water chemosynthesis-based ecosystems, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64:101-141
Belongs to Neoliothyrina according to M. A. Bitner 2019
Sister taxa: Neoliothyrina dessaillyi, Neoliothyrina fittoni, Neoliothyrina obesa
Type specimen: ZPAL V.48/9-1, a shell. Its type locality is Fossildalen, Colesbukta area (ZPAL collection), which is in a Thanetian prodelta limestone in the Basilika Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Fossildalen, Colesbukta area (ZPAL collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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