Squamathyris (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Athyrisina, Ikella, Parathyrisina, Pseudohomeospira

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Entelophyll.polymorphum-Nordastraea coronifera Comm.,W.Khatanzeya Fm.,Nov.Zemlya (Silurian of Russian Federation)

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