Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Alternative combination: Cererithyris wylliei
Full reference: J. Weir. 1929. Jurassic Fossils from Jubaland, East Africa, Collected by V. G. Glenday, And the Jurassic Geology of Somaliland. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University 1-63
Belongs to Tubithyris according to Y. Alméras et al. 2010
See also Muir-Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Tubithyris chouberti, Tubithyris jubaensis, Tubithyris jurayfahiensis, Tubithyris wrighti, Pseudotubithyris powerstockensis, Pseudotubithyris globata, Pseudotubithyris rambertensis, Pseudotubithyris roettingensis, Pseudotubithyris capillata, Pseudotubithyris richardsoni, Pseudotubithyris davaiacensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (18), Somalia (2)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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