Pliothyrina grandis Blumenbach 1803 (lamp shell)

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

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