Sellithyris Middlemiss 1959 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Full reference: F. A. Middlemiss. 1959. English Aptian Terebratulidae. Palaeontology 2(1):94-142

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Boubeithyris, Glosseudesia, Loriolithyris, Musculina, Ovatathyris, Paraboubeithyris, Phaseolina, Walkerithyris

Subtaxa: Sellithyris binalubensis Sellithyris carteroniana Sellithyris coahuilensis Sellithyris coxwellensis Sellithyris engeli Sellithyris essertensis Sellithyris gratianopolitensis Sellithyris mayuensis Sellithyris middlemissi Sellithyris phaseolina Sellithyris sella Sellithyris solei Sellithyris tornacensis Sellithyris uniplicata Sellithyris upwarensis Sellithyris upwarnensis

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Type: Terebratula sella

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (5 collections), Belgium (1), China (1), Egypt (1), France (8), Germany (5), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Portugal (3), Romania (2), Spain (16), Switzerland (4), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (22)

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), Eritrea (3), Ethiopia (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (3), Tunisia (12)

Total: 99 collections including 108 occurrences

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