Rocheithyris Alméras 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Full reference: Y. Alméras. 1970. Les terebratulidae du Dogger dans le Mâconnais, le mont d'Or lyonnais et le Jura méridional: Étude systématique et biostratigraphique. Rapports avec la paléoécologie. Documents des Laboratories de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon 39(2):1-690

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Animonithyris, Cererithyris, Mexicaria, Plectothyris

Subtaxa: Rocheithyris clerci Rocheithyris curvata

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Type: Rocheithyris curvata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (14 collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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