Crurithyris uralica Stepanov and Kalashnikov 1998 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Full reference: D. L. Stepanov and N. V. Kalashnikov. 1998. Taxonomic Names. Permian Spiriferids from the North of European Russia 1-139

Belongs to Crurithyris according to D. L. Stepanov and N. V. Kalashnikov 1998

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

Type specimen: PIN 4605/112, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Bolshaya Anyo River, Sakmarian, Il'cha River Basin, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bolshaya Anyo River, Outcrop 5, Sakmarian, Il'cha River Basin

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