Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Alternative combinations: Anomia detruncata, Megathyris detruncata
Invalid subtaxa: Anomia decollata Chemnitz 1785 [replaced name], Argiope multicostata Bosquet 1864, Megathiris decollata Chemnitz 1785 [replaced name]
Belongs to Megathiris according to M. A. Bitner et al. 2023
See also Barczyk and Popiel-Barczyk 1977, Bitner 1990, Bitner and Dulai 2004, Bitner et al. 2013, Bitner and Motchurova-Dekova 2016, Bitner and Müller 2017, Bitner and Müller 2022, Bitner and Schneider 2009, Bitner et al. 2013, Dulai 2007, Dulai 2010, Dulai 2011, Dulai et al. 2010, Gaetani and Sacca 1985, García Ramos 2004, Koskeridou 2007, Kroh 2003, Pavézková et al. 2013, Popiel-Barczyk and Barczyk 1990 and Taddei Ruggiero and Taddei 2006
Sister taxa: Megathiris bidiscoidea, Megathyris barroisi, Megathyris capensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (5)
• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Spain (4)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Bulgaria (1), Cyprus (1), the Czech Republic (3), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Poland (16), Romania (1)
• Oligocene of France (5), Germany (3)
• Eocene of Austria (4), Hungary (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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