Tropidothyris (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae

Parent taxon: Skenidiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Crossiskenidium, Protoskenidioides, Replicoskenidioides, Skenidioides, Skenidium

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 0.2 miles southeast of Pratt Ferry ( of Alabama)

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