†Concinnithyris obesa Sowerby 1823 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae
Alternative combination: Terebratula obesa
Belongs to Concinnithyris according to E. F. Owen 1988
Sister taxa: Concinnithyris rouenensis, Concinnithyris subundata
Type specimen: B49832, a shell. Its type locality is Norton Bavant, Wiltshire, which is in a Cenomanian marine chalk in the Lower Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Madagascar (3), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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