Tichosina lecta Guppy 1866 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Alternative combinations: Liothyrella lecta, Terebratula lecta

Belongs to Tichosina according to A. Logan 1987

See also Cooper 1979 and Owen 1980

Sister taxa: Tichosina abrupta, Tichosina bahamiensis, Tichosina barschi, Tichosina bartletti, Tichosina cubensis, Tichosina erecta, Tichosina expansa, Tichosina floridensis, Tichosina foresti, Tichosina guppyi, Tichosina inconstanta, Tichosina insolita, Tichosina martinicensis, Tichosina ovata, Tichosina rotundovata, Tichosina subtriangulata, Tichosina trinitatensis, Tichosina truncata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4 collections)

• Eocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Paleogene of Antarctica (4)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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