Pygope janitor Pictet 1867 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pygopidae

Alternative combination: Terebratula janitor

Belongs to Pygope according to D. A. T. Harper et al. 2005

See also Owen 1976

Sister taxa: Pygope catulloi, Pygope diphya, Pygope vomer, Antinomia sima

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greenland (2 collections), Hungary (1), Poland (11)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Hungary (1), Poland (6)

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), Hungary (3), Poland (21)

Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence

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