Zeilleria Bayle 1878 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Synonyms: Columellithyris, Sinusella

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

See also Dagys 1977, Ferrari and Manara 1972 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ajukuzella, Antiptychina, Bazardarella, Calpella, Cincta, Digonella, Fimbriothyris, Irenothyris, Keratothyris, Kolymithyris, Lazella, Menathyris, Mycerosia, Obovothyris, Parathyridina, Periallus, Pirotella, Rugitela, Sacothyris, Selongthyris, Silesiathyris, Somalitela, Tubegatanella, Worobievella

Subtaxa: Zeilleria (Zeilleria) Zeilleria alpina Zeilleria aquilina Zeilleria astartina Zeilleria austriaca Zeilleria baldaccii Zeilleria balkarensis Zeilleria biappendiculata Zeilleria bicolor Zeilleria bucculenta Zeilleria bukowski Zeilleria choffati Zeilleria dedengensis Zeilleria digona Zeilleria donetziana Zeilleria egena Zeilleria elliotti Zeilleria elliptica Zeilleria exigua Zeilleria guerassimovi Zeilleria hararina Zeilleria hudsoni Zeilleria humeralis Zeilleria kedonensis Zeilleria kysylrabatensis Zeilleria lagenalis Zeilleria latifrons Zeilleria leckenbyi Zeilleria lingulata Zeilleria lituanica Zeilleria livingstonei Zeilleria lycetti Zeilleria mariae Zeilleria moisseievi Zeilleria montbisotensis Zeilleria mutabilis Zeilleria norica Zeilleria opuatiaensis Zeilleria perforata Zeilleria popilanica Zeilleria primaria Zeilleria quadrifida Zeilleria quiaiosensis Zeilleria recessa Zeilleria repanda Zeilleria rollieri Zeilleria sacciformis Zeilleria spiculata Zeilleria subcensoriensis Zeilleria subdigona Zeilleria subnumismalis Zeilleria subranvilli Zeilleria subrugata Zeilleria terezowae Zeilleria thurwieseri Zeilleria trautscholdi Zeilleria truncatella Zeilleria umbonella Zeilleria venusta Zeilleria waehneri Zeilleria waiohipaensis Zeilleria waltoni

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Portugal (3 collections), the United Kingdom (2)

• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Argentina (2), Austria (37), Bulgaria (11), Egypt (1), Eritrea (3), Ethiopia (6), France (146), Germany (3), Greenland (2), Hungary (59), India (1), Iran (1), Israel (2), Italy (16), Morocco (9), New Zealand (49), Poland (3), Portugal (15), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (11), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (3), Somalia (4), Spain (104), Switzerland (4), Tunisia (4), Turkey (3), Ukraine (11), the United Kingdom (25)

• Triassic to Jurassic of New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (1)

• Triassic of Austria (50), Canada (4: British Columbia), China (2), Hungary (1), Laos (1), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (7), Papua New Guinea (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (19), Slovakia (4), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (15: Nevada)

Total: 659 collections including 908 occurrences

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