Rhaetina tirolensis Siblik 1999 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae

Full reference: M. Siblik. 1999. On Carnian brachiopods of the Gaisberg near Kirchberg in Tirol (Northern Calcareous Alps, Tyrol). Abhandlungen der geologischen Bundesanstalt 56(2):113-120

Belongs to Rhaetina according to M. Siblik 1999

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

Type specimen: GBA 1999/2/5, a shell. Its type locality is Gaisberg, which is in a Carnian carbonate limestone in Austria.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gaisberg

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