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 Tropeothyris according to F. A. Middlemiss 1984
Sister taxa: Tropeothyris allavensis, Tropeothyris bieskidensis, Tropeothyris cyclogonia, Tropeothyris immanis, Tropeothyris islarensis, Tropeothyris isomorpha, Tropeothyris kugusemi, Tropeothyris luancensis, Tropeothyris pilati, Tropeothyris testatus, Tropeothyris tychoviensis, Tropeothyris vectis
Type specimen: IGPSB 22a, a shell. Its type locality is Badde Funtana Morta, Orosei, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Italy.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Badde Funtana Morta, Orosei
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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