Athyris xetra Diener 1915 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Alternative combination: Spirigera xetra

Full reference: C. Diener. 1915. The Anthracolithic faunae of Kashmir, Kanaur and Spiti. Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 5(2):1-135

Belongs to Athyris according to S. X. Zhang and Y. G. Jin 1976

See also Diener 1915

Sister taxa: Athyris (Cliothyris), Athyris (Seminula), Athyris (Spirigera), Athyris ambiguaeformis, Athyris angelica, Athyris angulata, Athyris bisulcata, Athyris bradyensis, Athyris cestriensis, Athyris concentrica, Athyris damesi, Athyris globularis, Athyris goniocolpos, Athyris lamellosa, Athyris mirabilis, Athyris persinuata, Athyris plicatiformis, Athyris spiriferoides, Athyris subquadrata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Baidingpu Section East JSK 1, Kangmar County (Permian of China)

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