Athyris damesi Fliegel 1901 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Alternative combination: Spirigera damesi

Full reference: G. Fliegel. 1901. Uber obercarbonische Faunen aus Ost-und Sud-asien. Palaeontographica 48:91-136

Belongs to Athyris according to F. Frech 1911

See also Fliegel 1901

Sister taxa: Athyris (Cliothyris), Athyris (Seminula), Athyris (Spirigera), Athyris ambiguaeformis, Athyris angelica, Athyris angulata, Athyris bisulcata, Athyris bradyensis, Athyris cestriensis, Athyris concentrica, Athyris globularis, Athyris goniocolpos, Athyris lamellosa, Athyris mirabilis, Athyris persinuata, Athyris plicatiformis, Athyris spiriferoides, Athyris subquadrata, Athyris xetra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Padang Highlands, which is in a Roadian/Wordian carbonate limestone in the Silungkang Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Indonesia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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