†Pliothyrina grandis Blumenbach 1803 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Alternative combination: Terebratula grandis
Synonym: Terebratula subrhomboidea Speyer 1860
Belongs to Pliothyrina according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2022
See also Cooper 1983, Dulai and von der Hocht 2020, Hassan 1953 and Popiel-Barczyk and Barczyk 1990
Sister taxa: Pliothyrina harmeri, Pliothyrina orfordi, Pliothyrina sowerbyana, Apletosia maxima
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Greenland (3 collections), Poland (2)
• Oligocene of Germany (19)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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