Planothyris Glushenko 1975 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae

Full reference: I. V. Glushenko. 1975. Brakhiopody nizhney Permi i iz znachenie dlya stratigrahii vostochno-Ukrainskogo Neftegazonosnogo basseyna. Stratigrafiya Verkhnego Paleozoya i Nizhnego Mezozoya Dneprovsko-Donetskoy Vpadiny 83-118

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anomalesia, Costacranaena, Cranaena, Hamburgia, Maclarenella, Pontielasma

Subtaxa: Planothyris idonea

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Type: Planothyris idonea

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Skosyrskaya area, well 2323, 403 m depth (Permian of Russian Federation)

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