Crurithyris opalinus Termier and Termier 1977 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Full reference: H. Termier and G. Termier. 1977. Paléontologie des Invertébrés, in Monographie paléontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):25-99

Belongs to Crurithyris according to H. Termier and G. Termier 1977

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 parva, Crurithyris planoconvexa, Crurithyris sulcata, Crurithyris telleri, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris urei, Crurithyris wampensis

Type specimen: HGT 104823, a valve (Ventral valve). Its type locality is Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine marl/carbonate in Tunisia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga

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