Crurithyris sulcata Stehli 1954 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Alternative combination: Crurithyris sulata

Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358

Belongs to Crurithyris according to H. T. Wu et al. 2018

See also Chen and Shi 2006, Cooper and Grant 1976 and Stehli 1954

Sister taxa: Crurithyris alaskensis, Crurithyris aquilonia, Crurithyris arcuata, Crurithyris calendae, Crurithyris changmeensis, Crurithyris clannyana, Crurithyris expansa, Crurithyris extumida, Crurithyris inflata, Crurithyris levicula, Crurithyris longa, Crurithyris longirostris, Crurithyris longtanica, Crurithyris major, Crurithyris muliensis, Crurithyris opalinus, Crurithyris parva, Crurithyris planoconvexa, Crurithyris telleri, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris urei, Crurithyris wampensis

Type specimen: AMNH 27322/1:4

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (1 collection)

• Permian of China (22), United States (8: Texas)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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