†Plectoidothyris circulare Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Alternative combination: Pleuraloma circulare
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Plectoidothyris according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: Plectoidothyris polyplecta, Oligorhytisia magnifica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zilfi, S293, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Zilfi, S293
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