Dyoros acanthopelix Hoover 1981 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae

Full reference: P.R. Hoover. 1981. Paleontology, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology of the Palmarito Formation (Permian of Venezuela). Bulletins of American Paleontology 80(313):1-138

Belongs to Dyoros according to P.R. Hoover 1981

Sister taxa: Dyoros (Dyoros), Dyoros (Lissosia), Dyoros (Tetragonetes), Dyoros esoterica, Dyoros grandis, Dyoros kaibabensis, Dyoros lamellosa, Dyoros pentagonalis, Dyoros semicircularis

Type specimen: USNM 221025, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Locality 2, Quebrada de Portachuelo, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal shale/siltstone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 2, Quebrada de Portachuelo

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