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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.