Aulacothyris simulatrix Bittner 1902 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1902. Brachiopoden und Lamellibranchiaten aus der Trias von Bosnien, Dalmatien, und Venetien [Brachiopods and bivalves of the Triassic of Bosnia, Dalmatia and Veneto]. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien 52(3-4):495-646

Belongs to Aulacothyris according to A. Bittner 1902

Sister taxa: Aulacothyris anatolica, Aulacothyris ballinensis, Aulacothyris canaliculata, Aulacothyris carinata, Aulacothyris cognata, Aulacothyris crewkerniensis, Aulacothyris doultingensis, Aulacothyris florella, Aulacothyris fuggeri, Aulacothyris geyeri, Aulacothyris gibba, Aulacothyris hypocirta, Aulacothyris iberica, Aulacothyris impressa, Aulacothyris incurvata, Aulacothyris joharensis, Aulacothyris jubaensis, Aulacothyris karabugasensis, Aulacothyris loeffelholzii, Aulacothyris mandelslohi, Aulacothyris megacompressa, Aulacothyris meriani, Aulacothyris mira, Aulacothyris obesula, Aulacothyris pala, Aulacothyris praevaliana, Aulacothyris reclinata, Aulacothyris redunca, Aulacothyris reflexa, Aulacothyris resupinata, Aulacothyris soror, Aulacothyris sparsa, Aulacothyris stevensi, Aulacothyris subalveata, Aulacothyris subruedti, Aulacothyris subsandlingensis, Aulacothyris supina, Aulacothyris telleri, Aulacothyris trochilus, Aulacothyris turgidula, Aulacothyris uralica, Aulacothyris waikatoensis, Aulacothyris zirlensis, Aulacothyris zugmayeri, Waldheimia (Aulacothyris) praepulchella

Type specimen: Its type locality is Stanišići, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Serbia and Montenegro

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Stanišići

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