Polyplectella Feldman et al. 2001 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: H. R. Feldman, E. F. Owen, and F. Hirsch. 2001. Brachiopods from the Jurassic (Callovian) of Hamakhtesh Hagadol (Kurnub Anticline), southern Israel. Palaeontology 44(4):637-658

Parent taxon: Zeilleriidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Feldman et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Aulacothyrinae, Bakonithyris, Macandreviinae, Misunithyris, Neozeilleria, Securininae, Vectellinae, Zeilleriinae

Subtaxa: Polyplectella debriani

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Type: Polyplectella debriani

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Subunit 42, Madsus Member, Hamakhtesh Hagadol, Israel (Jurassic of Israel)

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