Rhombothyris Middlemiss 1959 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Full reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1959. English Aptian Terebratulidae. Palaeontology 2(1):94-142

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Rhombothyris conica Rhombothyris extensa Rhombothyris meyeri Rhombothyris microtrema

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Type: Terebratula extensa

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections including 14 occurrences

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