Burmirhynchia cavagnarii Diaz-Romero 1931 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Alternative combination: Kallirhynchia cavagnarii

Full reference: V. Diaz-Romero. 1931. Contributo allo studio della fauna Giurese della Dancalia centrale [The Jurassic fauna of the central Danakil]. Palaeontographia Italica 31:1-61

Belongs to Burmirhynchia according to H. M. Muir-Wood 1935

Sister taxa: Burmirhynchia (Burmirhynchia), Burmirhynchia (Hopkinsirhynchia), Burmirhynchia altilis, Burmirhynchia angustata, Burmirhynchia asiatica, Burmirhynchia athiensis, Burmirhynchia bawgyoensis, Burmirhynchia bicostata, Burmirhynchia costata, Burmirhynchia cuneata, Burmirhynchia cuneata, Burmirhynchia decorticata, Burmirhynchia depressa, Burmirhynchia dromio, Burmirhynchia elegans, Burmirhynchia elliptica, Burmirhynchia flabilis, Burmirhynchia fluminalis, Burmirhynchia hpalaiensis, Burmirhynchia hsenwiensis, Burmirhynchia hsipawensis, Burmirhynchia icaunensis, Burmirhynchia inaequalis, Burmirhynchia irregularis, Burmirhynchia jirbaensis, Burmirhynchia lenglawngensis, Burmirhynchia lobata, Burmirhynchia longa, Burmirhynchia luchiangensis, Burmirhynchia magna, Burmirhynchia moulani, Burmirhynchia multiplicata, Burmirhynchia nahsaiensis, Burmirhynchia nammaensis, Burmirhynchia namyauensis, Burmirhynchia nierongensis, Burmirhynchia nyainrongensis, Burmirhynchia obesa, Burmirhynchia orientalis, Burmirhynchia ovalis, Burmirhynchia pangwolengensis, Burmirhynchia parva, Burmirhynchia pilgrimi, Burmirhynchia pinguis, Burmirhynchia proteiformis, Burmirhynchia quadricristata, Burmirhynchia quinquiplicata, Burmirhynchia rostrata, Burmirhynchia rotunda, Burmirhynchia semiglobosa, Burmirhynchia shanensis, Burmirhynchia subcostata, Burmirhynchia subnasuta, Burmirhynchia subovalis, Burmirhynchia subtrigonalis, Burmirhynchia termierae, Burmirhynchia thierachensis, Burmirhynchia touchei, Burmirhynchia transversalis, Burmirhynchia trilobata, Burmirhynchia turgida, Burmirhynchia versabilis, Burmirhynchia weiri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Amarti, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Eritrea

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Eritrea (1 collection), Somalia (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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