Ferrythyris antiplecta Buch 1834 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Alternative combination: Terebratula antiplecta

Belongs to Ferrythyris according to V. Radulović and D. Rabrenović 1993

Sister taxa: Ferrythyris deschampsi, Ferrythyris elianae, Ferrythyris ferryi, Ferrythyris globosa, Ferrythyris hollandae, Ferrythyris millenaria, Ferrythyris pouillyensis, Ferrythyris poullyensis, Ferrythyris uriniacensis, Ferrythyris vireti

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Greben (Lower Callovian bed) (Jurassic of Serbia and Montenegro)

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