Antiptychina formosa Imlay 1940 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1940. Neocomian Faunas of Northern Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 51(1):117-190

Belongs to Antiptychina according to R. W. Imlay 1940

Sister taxa: Antiptychina inversa, Antiptychina lata, Antiptychina muellerriedi, Antiptychina rothpletzi, Antiptychina supinifrons, Antiptychina teisenbergensis

Type specimen: UMMP 20930, a shell

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at SA-Eastern Coahuila(MEX) (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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