Sellithyris middlemissi Sandy 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Full reference: M. R. Sandy. 1986. Lower Cretaceous brachiopods from Provence, France, and their biostratigraphical distribution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 40:177-196

Belongs to Sellithyris according to M. R. Sandy 1986

Sister taxa: Sellithyris binalubensis, Sellithyris carteroniana, Sellithyris coahuilensis, Sellithyris coxwellensis, Sellithyris engeli, Sellithyris essertensis, Sellithyris gratianopolitensis, Sellithyris mayuensis, Sellithyris phaseolina, Sellithyris sella, Sellithyris solei, Sellithyris tornacensis, Sellithyris uniplicata, Sellithyris upwarensis, Sellithyris upwarnensis

Type specimen: BB82398. Its type locality is Carajuan 2, which is in a Berriasian carbonate wackestone in France.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Carajuan 2

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