†Flabellothyris Deslongchamps 1884 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae
Synonym: Apothyris Cooper 1989
Parent taxon: Eudesiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Alméras et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eudesia, Praeudesia, Sphriganaria, Xenorina
Subtaxa: Flabellothyris dichotoma Flabellothyris oranensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), India (1), Madagascar (2), Saudi Arabia (13)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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