Somalithyris bihendulensis Muir-Wood 1935 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1935. Jurassic Brachiopoda. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 75-147

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

Sister taxa: Somalithyris elliptica, Somalithyris macfadyeni, Somalithyris ovata, Somalithyris parva, Somalithyris rotundata, Somalithyris subcircularis, Somalithyris triangulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (4 collections), Somalia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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