Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: J. L. Carter. 1967. Mississippian brachiopods from the Chappel Limestone of central Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 53(238):249-488
Belongs to Athyris according to J. L. Carter 1967
Sister taxa: Athyris (Cliothyris), Athyris (Seminula), Athyris (Spirigera), Athyris ambiguaeformis, Athyris angelica, Athyris angulata, Athyris bisulcata, Athyris cestriensis, Athyris concentrica, Athyris damesi, Athyris globularis, Athyris goniocolpos, Athyris lamellosa, Athyris mirabilis, Athyris persinuata, Athyris plicatiformis, Athyris spiriferoides, Athyris subquadrata, Athyris xetra
Type specimen: USNM 154761, a shell. Its type locality is USNM 9045, Chappel Ls, McCulloc County, TX, which is in a Kinderhookian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chappel Limestone Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Missouri, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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