Kutchithyris hypsogonia Kitchin 1900 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Alternative combination: Terebratula hypsogonia

Synonyms: Kutchithyris longicarinata Kitchin 1900, Terebratula longicarinata Kitchin 1900

Belongs to Kutchithyris according to D. Mukherjee 2007

Sister taxa: Kutchithyris acutiplicata, Kutchithyris amdoensis, Kutchithyris anongensis, Kutchithyris breviplicata, Kutchithyris brivesi, Kutchithyris challinori, Kutchithyris dengqenensis, Kutchithyris dhosaensis, Kutchithyris egregia, Kutchithyris euryptycha, Kutchithyris ferrandii, Kutchithyris fulva, Kutchithyris hendersoni, Kutchithyris ingluviosa, Kutchithyris jooraensis, Kutchithyris katametopa, Kutchithyris kennedyi, Kutchithyris lingularis, Kutchithyris marokopaensis, Kutchithyris mitra, Kutchithyris mulaensis, Kutchithyris pentagonalis, Kutchithyris planiconvexa, Kutchithyris propinqua, Kutchithyris pygmae, Kutchithyris pyroidea, Kutchithyris tibetica, Kutchithyris zamdaensis

Type specimens:

  • Kutchithyris hypsogonia: GSI 6641
  • Kutchithyris longicarinata:

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of India (8 collections), Madagascar (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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