Cyclothyris juigneti Owen 1988 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Full reference: E. F. Owen. 1988. Cenomanian brachiopods from the Lower Chalk of Britain and northern Europe. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 44(2):65-175

Belongs to Cyclothyris according to E. F. Owen 1988

Sister taxa: 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 kennedyi, Cyclothyris lamarckiana, Cyclothyris larwoodi, Cyclothyris latissima, Cyclothyris punfieldensis, Cyclothyris segurai, Cyclothyris subtrigonalis, Cyclothyris sutchanensis, Cyclothyris tenuicostata, Cyclothyris ulaganica, Cyclothyris vespertilio, Cyclothyris zudakharica

Type specimen: BB82208, a shell. Its type locality is La Perriere, Orne, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in France.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at La Perriere, Orne

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