Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Synonym: Cyranoia Cooper 1983
Parent taxon: Rectithyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Collinithyris, Cyrtothyris, Moutonithyris, Neoliothyrina, Praelongithyris, Rhombothyris, Tropeothyris
Subtaxa: Cyranoia longirostris Cyranoia vissae Rectithyris ciplyensis Rectithyris depressa Rectithyris odiumensis Rectithyris shenleyensis Rectithyris subdepressa Rectithyris whiskyi Rectithyris wrightorum
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2 collections), Angola (1), Antarctica (5), Belgium (3), India (3), Iran (1), Iraq (1), Portugal (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 22 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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