Tichosina Cooper 1977 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Synonym: Eurysina Cooper 1983

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

See also Harper et al. 1997, Harper and Donovan 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dolichozygus, Zygonaria

Subtaxa: Tichosina abrupta Tichosina bahamiensis Tichosina barschi Tichosina bartletti Tichosina cubensis Tichosina erecta Tichosina expansa Tichosina floridensis Tichosina foresti Tichosina guppyi Tichosina inconstanta Tichosina insolita Tichosina lecta Tichosina martinicensis Tichosina ovata Tichosina rotundovata Tichosina subtriangulata Tichosina trinitatensis Tichosina truncata

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Type: Terebratula floridensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (3 collections), Jamaica (3)

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4)

• Miocene of Cuba (3), Jamaica (1)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1)

• Eocene of Cuba (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (4)

Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences

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