Aulacothyris resupinata Sowerby 1816 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Alternative combination: Terebratula resupinata

Synonym: Aulacothyris agnata Rollier 1919

Belongs to Aulacothyris according to Y. Alméras et al. 2007

See also Ager et al. 1978 and Alméras and Fauré 2000

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 simulatrix, Aulacothyris soror, Aulacothyris sparsa, Aulacothyris stevensi, Aulacothyris subalveata, Aulacothyris subruedti, Aulacothyris subsandlingensis, Aulacothyris supina, Aulacothyris telleri, Aulacothyris trochilus, Aulacothyris turgidula, Aulacothyris uralica, Aulacothyris waikatoensis, Aulacothyris zirlensis, Aulacothyris zugmayeri, Waldheimia (Aulacothyris) praepulchella

Subtaxa: Aulacothyris agnata iberica

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (2 collections), France (14), Slovakia (1), Spain (45), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 69 collections each including a single occurrence

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