Gryphus Megerle von Mühlfeld 1811 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

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

See also Bitner and Martinell 2001 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Gryphus angularis Gryphus capensis Gryphus carneoides Gryphus clarkeana Gryphus cookei Gryphus dalli Gryphus hanzawai Gryphus kickxii Gryphus kurotakiensis Gryphus lentiformis Gryphus minor Gryphus miocaenicus Gryphus oakvilleensis Gryphus parvus Gryphus radiata Gryphus rovasendianus Gryphus sphenoideus Gryphus stantoni Gryphus tokionis Gryphus vaughani Gryphus vitrea Gryphus vitreus Gryphus washingtonensis Gryphus yatungensis

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Type: Anomia vitrea

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (4 collections), Italy (25), Japan (12)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Algeria (2), Japan (1), Spain (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Cuba (1), Hungary (13), Slovenia (1), Spain (3)

• Eocene of Austria (1), Cuba (2), Hungary (32), North Atlantic (3), Romania (1), Spain (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (3: Washington)

• Paleocene of China (1)

Total: 112 collections including 116 occurrences

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