†Ectyphoria inflata Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Ectyphoria according to H. R. Feldman et al. 2021
See also Alméras et al. 2010 and Cooper 1989
Sister taxon: Ectyphoria sinaiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jebel Bukarat, S1615, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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