Cymatorhynchia quadriplicata Zieten 1830 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Alternative combinations: Rhynchonella quadriplicata, Terebratula quadriplicata

Belongs to Cymatorhynchia according to H. R. Feldman et al. 2012

See also Shi and Grant 1993

Sister taxa: Cymatorhynchia cymatophorina, Cymatorhynchia pugnacea, Cymatorhynchia schardti, Cymatorhynchia singularis, Formosarhynchia spathica, Formosarhynchia dumortieri, Formosarhynchia bruta, Formosarhynchia formosa, Formosarhynchia undosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gosheim and Harras (nearby), which is in the Bajocian of horizon Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1 collection), France (21), Germany (1), Jordan (7), Kenya (2), Morocco (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (2), Somalia (2)

Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence

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