Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Belongs to Composita according to M. A. Torres-MartÃnez et al. 2019
See also Cloud 1944 and Cooper and Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Athyris (Composita) indosinensis, Athyris (Composita) semirostrata, Composita apheles, Composita apsidata, Composita argentea, Composita bamberi, Composita biforma, Composita bucculenta, Composita costata, Composita cracens, Composita crassa, Composita depressa, Composita discina, Composita elongata, Composita emarginata, Composita enormis, Composita girtyi, Composita globosa, Composita grandis, Composita hapsida, Composita huagongensis, Composita idahoensis, Composita imbricata, Composita insulcata, Composita jogensis, Composita laevis, Composita lewisensis, Composita magnicarina, Composita mexicana, Composita minuscula, Composita mira, Composita misriensis, Composita nucella, Composita obesa, Composita ovata, Composita parasulcata, Composita pikensis, Composita pilula, Composita plana, Composita prospera, Composita pyriformis, Composita quadrirotunda, Composita quantilla, Composita rotunda, Composita sigma, Composita stalagmium, Composita strongyle, Composita subcircularis, Composita subquadrata, Composita subtilita, Composita sulcata, Composita tareica, Composita tetralobata, Composita tobaensis, Composita trinuclea
Type specimen: USNM 118609a
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (3 collections), United States (58: New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 61 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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