Thecospira Zugmayer 1882 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecospiridae

Synonym: Thecospiropsis Dagys 1974

Full reference: H. Zugmayer. 1882. Untersuchungen über rhätische Brachiopoden. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 1:1-42

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Thecospira davidsoni Thecospira granulata Thecospira guembeli Thecospira haidingeri Thecospira porrecta Thecospira semseyi Thecospira sinensis Thecospira sturzenbaumi Thecospira tenuistriata Thecospira textilis Thecospira tirolensis Thecospiropsis arenosa

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (10 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), China (2), Germany (1), Hungary (8), Italy (11), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (2)

Total: 38 collections including 62 occurrences

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