Chlidonophoridae is a family of brachiopods belonging to the order Terebratulida. Existence Fossils of Chlidonophoridae have been discovered as early as 191-183 MYA in the Jurassic period. her has a total of 52 species out of which 25 are extant to the present day (48%). There have been a total of 697 occurrences of the genus, most located in the Gulf of Mexico, North coast of Europe, West of Australia, East of Africa and South of South America.
Charactersistics All species of Chlidonophoridae are blind like all species of Rhynchonellata. They are stationary and are attached to a surface. They are suspension feeders also called filter feeders and their diet consists of suspended food particles like phytoplankton. They also have a taphonomy of low Mg calcite like all other brachiopods.
Subtaxa
Subfamily Chlidonophorinae
Chlidonophora Deslongchampsithyris Disculina Gisilina Meonia Prochlidonophora Rugia
Subfamily Draciinae
Dracius
Subfamily Eucalathinae
Eucalathis Notozyga
Subfamily Orthothyridinae
Orthothyris
Subfamily Agulhasiinae
Agulhasia
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