Aulacothyris trochilus Eichwald 1860 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Alternative combination: Rhynchonella trochilus

Synonym: Rhynchonella reflexa Moeller 1862

Belongs to Aulacothyris according to T. N. Tschernyschew 1902

Sister taxa: Aulacothyris anatolica, Aulacothyris ballinensis, Aulacothyris canaliculata, Aulacothyris carinata, Aulacothyris cognata, Aulacothyris crewkerniensis, Aulacothyris doultingensis, Aulacothyris florella, Aulacothyris fuggeri, Aulacothyris geyeri, Aulacothyris gibba, Aulacothyris hypocirta, Aulacothyris iberica, Aulacothyris impressa, Aulacothyris incurvata, Aulacothyris joharensis, Aulacothyris jubaensis, Aulacothyris karabugasensis, Aulacothyris loeffelholzii, Aulacothyris mandelslohi, Aulacothyris megacompressa, Aulacothyris meriani, Aulacothyris mira, Aulacothyris obesula, Aulacothyris pala, Aulacothyris praevaliana, Aulacothyris reclinata, Aulacothyris redunca, Aulacothyris reflexa, Aulacothyris resupinata, Aulacothyris simulatrix, Aulacothyris soror, Aulacothyris sparsa, Aulacothyris stevensi, Aulacothyris subalveata, Aulacothyris subruedti, Aulacothyris subsandlingensis, Aulacothyris supina, Aulacothyris telleri, Aulacothyris turgidula, Aulacothyris uralica, Aulacothyris waikatoensis, Aulacothyris zirlensis, Aulacothyris zugmayeri, Waldheimia (Aulacothyris) praepulchella

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aulacothyris trochilus in the database

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