Coenothyris Douvillé 1879 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Alternative spelling: Terebratula (Coenothyris)

Parent taxon: Dielasmatinae according to Z. Guo et al. 2019

See also Bittner 1890, Feldman 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Adygella, Amygdalocosta, Aspidothyris, Bittnerithyris, Cruratula, Dareithyris, Dielasma, Dielasmina, Dongbaella, Ectoposia, Elasmata, Fletcherithyris, Pirithyris, Plectelasma, Praerhaetina, Sulcatinella, Tibetothyris, Tosuhuthyris, Tunethyris, Whitspakia, Yochelsonia

Subtaxa: Coenothyris acuta Coenothyris cuccensis Coenothyris elongata Coenothyris kraffti Coenothyris oweni Coenothyris pyriformis Coenothyris radulovici Coenothyris vulgaris Terebratula (Coenothyris) cuccensis Terebratula (Coenothyris) kraffti

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (15), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), Germany (15), Hungary (47), India (2), Israel (5), Italy (6), Jordan (3), Poland (8), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (9), Slovakia (2), Spain (1), Vietnam (1)

Total: 118 collections including 138 occurrences

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