Dictyothyris Douville 1880 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dictyothyrididae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Dictyothyris (Tegulithyris) Dictyothyris badensis Dictyothyris coarctata Dictyothyris dorsocurva Dictyothyris gzheliensis Dictyothyris kurri Dictyothyris laneolata Dictyothyris luszowicensis Dictyothyris rollieri Dictyothyris smithi Dictyothyris spinulosa

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Type: Terebratula coarctatus

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Czechia (13 collections)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), France (29), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (4), Romania (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (4), Ukraine (8), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 66 collections including 76 occurrences

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