†subfamily Nerthebrochinae Cooper 1983 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

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: Sellithyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Rectithyridinae, Sellithyridinae

Subtaxa: Dilophosina Hadrosia Harmatosia Nerthebrochus

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Type: Nerthebrochus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (5 collections), Romania (1)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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