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 funtanensis, Tropeothyris immanis, Tropeothyris isomorpha, Tropeothyris kugusemi, Tropeothyris luancensis, Tropeothyris pilati, Tropeothyris testatus, Tropeothyris tychoviensis, Tropeothyris vectis
Type specimen: BM BB 84719, a shell. Its type locality is Islares, which is in an Albian reef, buildup or bioherm marl/limestone in the Miono Formation of Spain.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (11 collections), Spain (3)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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