Crurithyris telleri Schellwien 1900 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Alternative combinations: Ambocoelia telleri, Spirifer (Ambocoelia) telleri

Full reference: E. Schellwien. 1900. Die Fauna der Trogkofelschichten in den Karnischen Alpen und den Karawanken I. Theil: die Brachiopoden. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 16:1-122

Belongs to Crurithyris according to R. E. Grant 1976

See also Schellwien 1900 and Zhang and Jin 1961

Sister taxa: Crurithyris alaskensis, Crurithyris aquilonia, Crurithyris arcuata, Crurithyris calendae, Crurithyris changmeensis, Crurithyris clannyana, Crurithyris expansa, Crurithyris extumida, Crurithyris inflata, Crurithyris levicula, Crurithyris longa, Crurithyris longirostris, Crurithyris longtanica, Crurithyris major, Crurithyris muliensis, Crurithyris opalinus, Crurithyris parva, Crurithyris planoconvexa, Crurithyris sulcata, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris urei, Crurithyris wampensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Austria (1 collection), China (1), Slovenia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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