Rugithyris subomalogaster Buckman 1901 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Alternative combination: Terebratula subomalogaster

Belongs to Rugithyris according to S. S. Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Rugithyris anabarensis, Rugithyris hasibuani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bradford Abbas, below Marl Bed (Buckman), which is in a Garantiana marine horizon in the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bradford Abbas, below Marl Bed (Buckman)

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