Cheniothyris latifrons Buckman 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cheniothyrididae

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

Belongs to Cheniothyris according to S. S. Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Cheniothyris angusta, Cheniothyris morierei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vetney Cross, which is in a Garantiana carbonate limestone in the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Vetney Cross

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