Plesiothyris (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Synonym: Rhomboidella

Parent taxon: Aulacothyrinae according to J. F. Baeza-Carratalá and F. García Joral 2014

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Aulacothyris, Bakonyithyris, Qilianoconcha

Subtaxa: Plesiothyris verneuili

View classification

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Belgium (3 collections)

• Jurassic of France (1), Spain (10)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.