Carneithyris subcardinalis Sahni 1925 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae

Alternative combination: Chatwinothyris subcardinalis

Belongs to Carneithyris according to M. B. Johansen and F. Surlyk 1990

See also Bitner and Pisera 1979 and Cooper 1983

Sister taxa: Carneithyris aequivalvis, Carneithyris carnea, Carneithyris ciplyensis, Carneithyris hilarionis, Carneithyris rockallensis, Carneithyris subpentagonalis, Carneithyris subregularis, Magnithyris magna, Pulchrithyris gracilis, Ogmusia incissa, Ornithothyris carinata, Ellipsothyris similis, Piarothyris rotunda

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Denmark (3 collections), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (17)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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