Seductorithyris Sandy et al. 2014 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Full reference: M. R. Sandy, K. Hryniewicz, O. Hammer, H. A. Nakrem, and C. T. S. Little. 2014. Brachiopods from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous hydrocarbon seep deposits, central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Zootaxa 3884(6):501-532

Parent taxon: Loboidothyridinae according to M. R. Sandy et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Seductorithyris septemtrionalis

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Type: Seductorithyris septemtrionalis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Seep 9, Knorringfjellet (Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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