Cererithyris ovalis Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Belongs to Cererithyris according to S. S. Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Cererithyris arkelli, Cererithyris dorsetensis, Cererithyris fleischeri, Cererithyris intermedia, Cererithyris linguifera, Cererithyris pentagonalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brize Norton, which is in a Bathonian carbonate horizon in the Cornbrash Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Brize Norton

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