Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Full reference: G. F. Elliott. 1954. New Brachiopoda from the Eocene of England, France and Africa. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Twelfth Series 7:721-728
Belongs to Argyrotheca according to G. F. Elliott 1954
Sister taxa: Argyrotheca aequicostata, Argyrotheca ageriana, Argyrotheca alavensis, Argyrotheca altavillensis, Argyrotheca andina, Argyrotheca angulata, Argyrotheca anomala, Argyrotheca arguta, Argyrotheca australis, Argyrotheca barrettiana, Argyrotheca batalleri, Argyrotheca beecheri, Argyrotheca bermudana, Argyrotheca bermudezi, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca cistellula, Argyrotheca clevei, Argyrotheca collardi, Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca costulata, Argyrotheca crassa, Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cyrtiniformis, Argyrotheca dalli, Argyrotheca grandicostata, Argyrotheca hewatti, Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca inconstans, Argyrotheca intercalata, Argyrotheca jacksoni, Argyrotheca johnsoni, Argyrotheca kupei, Argyrotheca lacunosa, Argyrotheca laevis, Argyrotheca lowei, Argyrotheca lunula, Argyrotheca lutea, Argyrotheca macneili, Argyrotheca magnicostata, Argyrotheca mayi, Argyrotheca megalocephala, Argyrotheca megapora, Argyrotheca michelottina, Argyrotheca microscopica, Argyrotheca obourgensis, Argyrotheca peculiaris, Argyrotheca piperipyxis, Argyrotheca plana, Argyrotheca plicata, Argyrotheca popielae, Argyrotheca quadrata, Argyrotheca ramshehensis, Argyrotheca retrorsa, Argyrotheca rubrocostata, Argyrotheca rubrotincta, Argyrotheca sabandensis, Argyrotheca sabaratensis, Argyrotheca schrammi, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca serrata, Argyrotheca somaliensis, Argyrotheca squamata, Argyrotheca stevensis, Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca sublamellosa, Argyrotheca thurmanni, Argyrotheca tokodensis, Argyrotheca woodwardiana, Argyrotheca zenobiae, Cistellarcula dubia, Cistellarcula wrigleyi
Type specimen: BMNH BB.13001, a shell. Its type locality is Tunnel Cement Works, Aveley, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tunnel Cement Works, Aveley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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