Boubeithyris tibourrensis Middlemiss 1980 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Full reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1980. Lower Cretaceous Terebratulidae from south-western Morocco and their biogeography. Palaeontology 23(3):515-556

Belongs to Boubeithyris according to F. A. Middlemiss 1980

Sister taxa: Boubeithyris boubei, Boubeithyris buzzardensis, Boubeithyris diploplicata, Boubeithyris pleta, Boubeithyris prestensis

Type specimen: Gentil Collection specimen no. S.548/2/1. Its type locality is Butte de Tibourr'm, Gentil Collection, which is in a Barremian deep subtidal shelf marl/limestone in Morocco.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Butte de Tibourr'm, Gentil Collection

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