Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae
Alternative combinations: Heimia pyroidea, Terebratula pyroidea
Synonym: Kutchithyris landeri Feldman et al. 2001
Belongs to Kutchithyris according to D. Mukherjee 2007
See also Feldman et al. 2001
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 hypsogonia, 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 tibetica, Kutchithyris zamdaensis
Type specimens:
- Kutchithyris pyroidea: GSI 6652
- Kutchithyris landeri: NHM 1022, a shell. Its type locality is Subunit 43, Matmor Formation, Hamakhtesh Hagadol, which is in a Callovian deep subtidal shelf limestone in the Matmor Formation of Israel.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of India (1 collection), Israel (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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