Tetjuchithyris Smirnova and Konovalov 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Full reference: T. N. Smirnova and V. P. Konovalov. 1986. First records of the Early Cretaceous brachiopods in Primorie (PERVYYE NAKHODKI RANNEMELOVYKH BRAKHIOPOD V PRIMOR'YE). Paleontologicheskii zhurnal 1986(3):73-84

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Advenina, Aulacothyroides, Carpatothyris, Cheirothyris, Enodithyris, Epicyrta, Fletcherithyroides, Gemerithyris, Karpatiella, Kedrovothyris, Modestella, Ornithella, Parantiptychia, Tauromenia, Vectella, Zeillerina

Subtaxa: Tetjuchithyris flexibilis

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Type: Tetjuchithyris flexibilis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tetjuchithyris in the database

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