Pseudotubithyris richardsoni Muir-Wood 1936 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae

Alternative combination: Terebratula richardsoni

Belongs to Pseudotubithyris according to Y. Alméras 1970

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

Type specimen: BMNH B60 603 (Buckman coll.).

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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