Eucalathis Fischer and Oehlert 1890 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae

Parent taxon: Eucalathinae according to A. Dulai 2010

See also Cooper 1973, Kaim et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Notozyga

Subtaxa: Eucalathis costellata Eucalathis cubensis Eucalathis davidi Eucalathis dorae Eucalathis ergastica Eucalathis fasciculata Eucalathis floridensis Eucalathis giulioi Eucalathis inflata Eucalathis macroctena Eucalathis macrorhynchus Eucalathis magna Eucalathis methanophila Eucalathis murrayi Eucalathis rotundata Eucalathis rugosa Eucalathis tauriniensis Eucalathis trigona Eucalathis tuberata

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Type: Terebratulina murrayi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections)

• Miocene of Italy (2)

• Eocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Cretaceous of Japan (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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