Sellithyris gratianopolitensis Pictet 1868 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Alternative combination: Terebratula gratianopolitensis

Belongs to Sellithyris according to S. V. Lobacheva 1983

Sister taxa: Sellithyris binalubensis, Sellithyris carteroniana, Sellithyris coahuilensis, Sellithyris coxwellensis, Sellithyris engeli, Sellithyris essertensis, Sellithyris mayuensis, Sellithyris middlemissi, Sellithyris phaseolina, Sellithyris sella, Sellithyris solei, Sellithyris tornacensis, Sellithyris uniplicata, Sellithyris upwarensis, Sellithyris upwarnensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bel'bek (Cretaceous of Ukraine)

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