Diestothyris (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae
Parent taxon: Terebrataliinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Coptothyris, Dallinella, Terebratalia, Xenothyris
Subtaxa: Diestothyris frontalis Diestothyris karafutoensis
Type: Terebratella frontalis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections), United States (1: Alaska)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Japan (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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