Pictothyris Thomson 1927 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Frenulinidae
Parent taxon: Pictothyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Hayasaka 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Kikaithyris
Subtaxa: Pictothyris elegans Pictothyris laquaeformis Pictothyris picta Pictothyris tanegashimaensis
Type: Anomia picta
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (20 collections), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of Japan (2)
Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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