Athyris cestriensis Snider 1915 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: L.C. Snider. 1915. Geology of a Portion of Northeastern Oklahoma and Paleontology of the Chester Group in Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Geological Survey 24:1-122

Belongs to Athyris according to L.C. Snider 1915

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

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Athyris cestriensis in the database

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