Schwagerispira beneckei Bittner 1890 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Alternative combination: Retzia beneckei

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1890. Brachiopoden der alpinen Trias. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 14:1-325

Belongs to Schwagerispira according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Bittner 1890

Sister taxa: Schwagerispira cheni, Schwagerispira elegans, Schwagerispira fastosa, Schwagerispira fuchsi, Schwagerispira mojsisovicsi, Schwagerispira pinguis, Schwagerispira schwageri, Schwagerispira sichuanensis, Schwagerispira subcircularis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Küwieskopf near Prags (Strassburg coll) (Triassic of Italy)

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