Pseudotubithyris powerstockensis Muir-Wood 1936 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

Alternative combination: Tubithyris powerstockensis

Belongs to Pseudotubithyris according to Y. Alméras 1970

Sister taxa: Tubithyris chouberti, Tubithyris jubaensis, Tubithyris jurayfahiensis, Tubithyris wrighti, Tubithyris wylliei, Pseudotubithyris roettingensis, Pseudotubithyris davaiacensis, Pseudotubithyris capillata, Pseudotubithyris richardsoni, Pseudotubithyris globata, Pseudotubithyris rambertensis

Type specimen: BMNH B90 605 (Walker coll.).

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Trept Quarries (Subcontractus) (Jurassic of France)

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