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Kutchithyris pyroidea

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Taxonomy

Terebratula pyroidea was named by Kitchin (1900) [Lectotype designated by Mukherjee 2007.]. Its type specimen is GSI 6652 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Heimia pyroidea by Buckman (1918); it was recombined as Kutchithyris pyroidea by Mukherjee (2007).

Synonyms

Kutchithyris landeri was named by Feldman et al. (2001). Its type specimen is NHM 1022, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Subunit 43, Matmor Formation, Hamakhtesh Hagadol, which is in a Callovian deep subtidal shelf limestone in the Matmor Formation of Israel.

It was synonymized subjectively with Kutchithyris pyroidea by Mukherjee (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1900	Terebratula pyroidea Kitchin p. 35–37 figs. pl. 7, Figs. 4–7
1918	Heimia pyroidea Buckman p. 103–105
2001	Kutchithyris landeri Feldman et al. p. 646 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 24-26
2007	Kutchithyris pyroidea Mukherjee pp. 228 - 230 figs. 9E–G; 10G–I; 13

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Terebratulida
suborder	Terebratulidina
superfamily	Loboidothyridoidea	Makridin 1964
family	Postepithyrididae
genus	Kutchithyris
species	pyroidea	(Kitchin 1900)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kutchithyris pyroidea Kitchin 1900

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Invalid names: Kutchithyris landeri Feldman et al. 2001 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
D. Mukherjee 2007	Large weakly biconvex shells with high thickness.. Anterior commissure biplicate with occasionally asymmetric plication; ventral valve shows linguiform projection. Foramen large, irregularly elongated with thick margin.

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	19.2

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:50:59

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:50:59

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 167.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	India (Kachchh)	Terebratula pyroidea (24050)
Late/Upper Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Israel	Kutchithyris landeri (59840)