Chlidonophoridae is a family of brachiopods belonging to the order Terebratulida.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Terebratulida |
| Family: | Chlidonophoridae Muir-Wood, 1959 |
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| Diversity | |
| 52 species | |
Existence
editFossils 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%).[2] 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.[1]
Charactersistics
editAll 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. [2]
Subtaxa
editSubfamily Chlidonophorinae
editSubfamily Eucalathinae
editSubfamily Orthothyridinae
editSubfamily Agulhasiinae
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References
edit- ^ a b "Chlidonophoridae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.