Bruntonites Struve 1992 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Alternative spellings: Athyris (Bruntonites), Brantonites

Full reference: W. Struve. 1992. Neues zur Stratigraphie und Fauna des rhenotypen Mittel-Devons. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 71:503-624

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Struve 1992

Sister taxa: Actinoconchus, Alvarezites, Athyris, Atrythyris, Brimethyris, Eifyris, Gonathyris, Imacanthyris, Johnsonathyris, Lamellosathyris, Meristospira, Pachyplax, Protathyris, Zonathyris

Subtaxa: Athyris (Bruntonites) mellingeni

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bruntonites in the database

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