†family Capillithyrididae Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290

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

See also Gradinaru et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Eichwaldithyris, Gibbithyrididae, Heligothyris, Ilyinella, Longithyris, Najdinothyris, Oleneothyris, Sellithyrididae, Terebratulidae, Weberithyrididae

Subtaxa: Aniabrochinae Capillithyridinae

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Type: Capillithyris

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2 collections), Belgium (1), China (1), Cuba (2), France (2), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Romania (1), Serbia (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), Turkmenistan (3), Ukraine (11), the United Kingdom (16)

Total: 49 collections including 58 occurrences

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