Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Alternative combination: Terebratula fusiformis
Synonym: Pirotothyris fortis Sucic-Protic 1971
Belongs to Lobothyris according to Y. Alméras et al. 2007
See also Alméras and Fauré 2000
Sister taxa: Lobothyris andleri, Lobothyris arcta, Lobothyris ceres, Lobothyris clevelandensis, Lobothyris complanata, Lobothyris crassa, Lobothyris deflecta, Lobothyris delta, Lobothyris dubia, Lobothyris edwardsi, Lobothyris germanica, Lobothyris hispanica, Lobothyris lata, Lobothyris monstrifer, Lobothyris moquensis, Lobothyris nux, Lobothyris ovatissima, Lobothyris ovatissimaeformis, Lobothyris ovulum, Lobothyris pervulgata, Lobothyris praepunctata, Lobothyris pseudocrithea, Lobothyris punctata, Lobothyris richardsi, Lobothyris romani, Lobothyris simesi, Lobothyris sinemuriensis, Lobothyris sospirolensis, Lobothyris subgregaria, Lobothyris swifti, Lobothyris taramellii, Lobothyris triassicus, Lobothyris tuchkovi, Lobothyris uniplicata, Lobothyris zhonghuaensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Algeria (1 collection), France (14), Spain (9)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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