Rhaetina pyriformis Suess 1854 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae

Alternative combinations: Terebratula piriformis, Terebratula pyriformis

Synonyms: Rhaetina skirdaensis Moisseiev 1947, Terebratula horia Suess 1854

Belongs to Rhaetina according to M. SiblĂ­k et al. 2010

See also Albrecht 1924, Bittner 1912, Iordan 1993, Pearson 1977, Siblik 1998, Siblik and Bryda 2005, Smith 1927, Stoppani 1865 and Zugmayer 1882

Sister taxa: Rhaetina beskessensis, Rhaetina caucasica, Rhaetina columnaris, Rhaetina elliptica, Rhaetina gregaria, Rhaetina incurvirostra, Rhaetina jomdaensis, Rhaetina ovalis, Rhaetina parva, Rhaetina rainei, Rhaetina subcircularis, Rhaetina taurica, Rhaetina tirolensis, Rhaetina triangularis, Rhaetina zigasiensis, Sanqiaothyris qabdoensis, Sanqiaothyris dorsaplana, Sanqiaothyris circularis, Sanqiaothyris majiaobaensis, Sanqiaothyris elliptica, Sanqiaothyris asymmetros, Rhaetinopsis zadoensis, Rhaetinopsis ovata, Rhaetinopsis pentagonalis, Rhaetinopsis yunnanensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (59 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Hungary (10), Iran (1), Italy (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Serbia (1), Slovakia (7), United States (2: California)

Total: 88 collections each including a single occurrence

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