Moutonithyris (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Synonyms: Atactosia Cooper 1983, Biplicatoria Cooper 1983

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Collinithyris, Cyrtothyris, Neoliothyrina, Praelongithyris, Rectithyris, Rhombothyris, Tropeothyris

Subtaxa: Atactosia obtusa Biplicatoria ferruginea Biplicatoria hunstantonensis Moutonithyris anglia Moutonithyris dutempleana Moutonithyris dutempliana Moutonithyris moutoniana

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Austria (3), the Czech Republic (18), France (3), Greenland (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Madagascar (2), Portugal (4), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences

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