Torquirhynchia parva Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213

Belongs to Torquirhynchia according to G. A. Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Torquirhynchia astierformis, Torquirhynchia convexa, Torquirhynchia guebhardi, Torquirhynchia inconstans, Torquirhynchia lehmanni, Torquirhynchia pseudoinconstans, Torquirhynchia royeriana, Torquirhynchia speciosa, Torquirhynchia torquata

Type specimen: Its type locality is KK10, Wadi al Furayshah, which is in an Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hanifa Formation of Saudi Arabia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at KK10, Wadi al Furayshah

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