Pseudotubithyris capillata Arkell 1931 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

Alternative combination: Stiphrothyris capillata

Belongs to Pseudotubithyris according to G. A. Cooper 1983

Sister taxa: Tubithyris chouberti, Tubithyris jubaensis, Tubithyris jurayfahiensis, Tubithyris wrighti, Tubithyris wylliei, Pseudotubithyris roettingensis, Pseudotubithyris globata, Pseudotubithyris richardsoni, Pseudotubithyris powerstockensis, Pseudotubithyris davaiacensis, Pseudotubithyris rambertensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Quarry at Ardley, route A43 (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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