Crurithyris urei Fleming 1828 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Alternative combination: Spirifer urei

Full reference: C. L. Fleming. 1828. A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occassional visitants 1-565

Belongs to Crurithyris according to T. N. George 1931

See also Fleming 1828

Sister taxa: Crurithyris alaskensis, Crurithyris aquilonia, Crurithyris arcuata, Crurithyris calendae, Crurithyris changmeensis, Crurithyris clannyana, Crurithyris expansa, Crurithyris extumida, Crurithyris inflata, Crurithyris levicula, Crurithyris longa, Crurithyris longirostris, Crurithyris longtanica, Crurithyris major, Crurithyris muliensis, Crurithyris opalinus, Crurithyris parva, Crurithyris planoconvexa, Crurithyris sulcata, Crurithyris telleri, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris wampensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (55)

• Devonian of Germany (16)

Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence

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