†Parathyris plicatissima Douvillé 1916 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184
Belongs to Parathyris according to H. Douvillé 1916
Sister taxon: Parathyris plicatoides
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Lower Bajocian black limestone), which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in Egypt
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Gebel Aroussieh (Lower Bajocian black limestone)
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