Kutchithyris kennedyi Middlemiss 1980 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

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

Belongs to Kutchithyris according to F. A. Middlemiss 1980

Sister taxa: Kutchithyris acutiplicata, Kutchithyris amdoensis, Kutchithyris anongensis, Kutchithyris breviplicata, Kutchithyris brivesi, Kutchithyris challinori, Kutchithyris dengqenensis, Kutchithyris dhosaensis, Kutchithyris egregia, Kutchithyris euryptycha, Kutchithyris ferrandii, Kutchithyris fulva, Kutchithyris hendersoni, Kutchithyris hypsogonia, Kutchithyris ingluviosa, Kutchithyris jooraensis, Kutchithyris katametopa, Kutchithyris lingularis, Kutchithyris marokopaensis, Kutchithyris mitra, Kutchithyris mulaensis, Kutchithyris pentagonalis, Kutchithyris planiconvexa, Kutchithyris propinqua, Kutchithyris pygmae, Kutchithyris pyroidea, Kutchithyris tibetica, Kutchithyris zamdaensis

Type specimen: BM BB 76556

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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