Neoliothyrina (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Alternative spelling: Terebratula (Neoliothyrina)

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

See also Radulović and Ramamoorthy 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Collinithyris, Cyrtothyris, Moutonithyris, Praelongithyris, Rectithyris, Rhombothyris, Tropeothyris

Subtaxa: Neoliothyrina dessaillyi Neoliothyrina fittoni Neoliothyrina nakremi Neoliothyrina obesa

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Type: Neoliothyrina obesa

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Denmark (8 collections), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), Kazakhstan (1), the Netherlands (3), Spain (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences

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