Praelongithyris pajaudi Middlemiss 1984 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Full reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1984. Lower Cretaceous Terebratulidae of the Jura region. Part 3, Terebratula salevensis de Loriol and the genera Praelongithyris and Tropeothyris. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 77(3):583-617

Belongs to Praelongithyris according to F. A. Middlemiss 1984

Sister taxa: Praelongithyris borealis, Praelongithyris lankesteri, Praelongithyris manuanensis, Praelongithyris praelonga, Praelongithyris praelongiforma, Praelongithyris salevensis, Praelongithyris vanhoepeni, Praelongithyris xiongmeinensis

Type specimen: PM 1, a shell. Its type locality is Ouled Mimoun, which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in Algeria.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ouled Mimoun

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