Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Full reference: M. A. Bitner and S. Schneider. 2009. The Upper Burdigalian (Ottnangian) brachiopod fauna from the northern coast of the Upper Marine Molasse Sea in Bavaria, southern Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 254:117-133
Belongs to Aphelesia according to M. A. Bitner and S. Schneider 2009
Sister taxa: Aphelesia bipartita, Aphelesia margineplicata, Aphelesia plicatodentata, Aphelesia sanctapaulensis, Aphelesia supraoligocaenica
Type specimen: BSPG 2007 X 77, a shell. Its type locality is Gurlarn, which is in a Burdigalian open shallow subtidal marl in Germany.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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