†Striithyris costata Cooper 1989 (lamp shell)
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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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