Cyclothyris M'Coy 1844 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Parent taxon: Cyclothyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Cyclothyris acuticostalis Cyclothyris africana Cyclothyris aliformis Cyclothyris alikentica Cyclothyris americana Cyclothyris astieriana Cyclothyris bitririca Cyclothyris burgemakensis Cyclothyris cardiatelia Cyclothyris compressa Cyclothyris dagestanica Cyclothyris densleonis Cyclothyris difformis Cyclothyris ementitum Cyclothyris formosa Cyclothyris gibbsiana Cyclothyris globata Cyclothyris juigneti Cyclothyris kennedyi Cyclothyris lamarckiana Cyclothyris larwoodi Cyclothyris latissima Cyclothyris punfieldensis Cyclothyris segurai Cyclothyris subtrigonalis Cyclothyris sutchanensis Cyclothyris tenuicostata Cyclothyris ulaganica Cyclothyris vespertilio Cyclothyris zudakharica

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (7 collections), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (8), France (29), Germany (5), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (10), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (2), South Africa (2), Spain (36), Sweden (1), Switzerland (6), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (11: Arizona, California, North Carolina, Texas)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Poland (1)

Total: 141 collections including 163 occurrences

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