Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Alternative combination: Tanyothyris symmetrica
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1989. Jurassic brachiopods of Saudi Arabia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 65:1-213
Belongs to Dorsoplicathyris according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Cooper 1989
Sister taxa: Dorsoplicathyris amygdalis, Dorsoplicathyris angustata, Dorsoplicathyris chantalae, Dorsoplicathyris circularis, Dorsoplicathyris cuvergnatensis, Dorsoplicathyris deslongchampsi, Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata, Dorsoplicathyris enayi, Dorsoplicathyris hugueneyi, Dorsoplicathyris mangoldi, Dorsoplicathyris nepalensis, Dorsoplicathyris ovalis, Dorsoplicathyris parallela, Dorsoplicathyris pentagonalis, Dorsoplicathyris recta, Dorsoplicathyris subinsignis, Dorsoplicathyris tenuiplicata, Dorsoplicathyris theveleyensis, Pentithyris pelagica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zilfi, S154, 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 Zilfi, S154
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