Phymatothyris (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Nucleatidae

Invalid subtaxa: Pallasiella Renz 1932 [replaced name], Terebratula (Pallasiella) Renz 1932 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Nucleatidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Alméras et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Buckmanithyris, Linguithyris, Nucleata

Subtaxa: Phymatothyris cerasulum Phymatothyris kerkyraea Phymatothyris rheumatica

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (3 collections), Greece (8), Hungary (16), Spain (4)

Total: 31 collections including 35 occurrences

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