Epithyris Phillips 1841 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Alternative spelling: Terebratula (Epithyris)

Parent taxon: Postepithyrididae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Alméras et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arceythyris, Caryona, Conarothyris, Crispithyris, Euidothyris, Ferrythyris, Galliennithyris, Gigantothyris, Glyphisaria, Habrobrochus, Heimia, Holcothyris, Juralina, Kutchithyris, Maritimithyris, Millythyris, Moeschia, Peculneithyris, Perrierithyris, Petalothyris, Plectoidothyris, Postepithyris, Pseudoaulacothyris, Somalithyris, Thadiqithyris, Xestosina

Subtaxa: Epithyris maxillata Epithyris oxonica Epithyris submaxillata

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Type: Terebratula maxillata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection), Egypt (1), France (3), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (16)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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