Iberithyris rionensis Kvakhadze 1972 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae

Belongs to Iberithyris according to G. A. Cooper 1983

See also Lobacheva 2007

Sister taxa: Iberithyris askiensis, Iberithyris linguiformis, Iberithyris longa, Iberithyris nerodenkovi, Iberithyris ovalis, Iberithyris tolaensis

Type specimen: HMG No. 327/9. Its type locality is Tsesi village, which is in a Hauterivian marine horizon in Georgia.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Georgia (1 collection), Ukraine (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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