Striithyris costata Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

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

Belongs to Striithyris according to G. A. Cooper 1989

Sister taxa: Striithyris somaliensis, Striithyris telemi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Khashm esh Shajara, S1309, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Tuwaiq Mountain Formation of Saudi Arabia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Khashm esh Shajara, S1309

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