Chathamithyris (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Parent taxon: Terebratellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adnatidinae, Anakineticinae, Erihadrosia, Magadinae, Magadinella, Magasella, Magellaniinae, Neothyridinae, Pirothyris, Stethothyridinae, Tanakura, Terebratellinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GS 12169, Waikaripi Cliffs (CH/f477) (Eocene of New Zealand)

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