Didymothyris Rubel and Modzalevskaya 1967 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Parent taxon: Didymothyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Rubel and Modzalevskaya 1967 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Buchanathyris, Collarothyris, Dogdathyris, Glassina, Greenfieldia, Jarovathyris, Leptathyris, Pseudoprotathyris, Svetlania

Subtaxa: Didymothyris biohermica Didymothyris didyma Didymothyris katriensis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Estonia (26), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (5), Ukraine (7)

Total: 46 collections including 49 occurrences

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