†Didymothyris Rubel and Modzalevskaya 1967 (lamp shell)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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