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
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), Spain (3), Sweden (1), Turkmenistan (3), Ukraine (11), the United Kingdom (16)
Total: 48 collections including 57 occurrences