Cassianospira humboldtii Klipstein 1845 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Alternative combination: Spirifer humboldtii

Belongs to Cassianospira according to A. T. Halamski et al. 2015

See also Laube 1865

Sister taxa: Cassianospira hungarica, Cassianospira klipsteinii, Cassianospira laubei, Cassianospira loczyi, Cassianospira lyrata, Cassianospira pseudolyrata, Cassianospira wachangpoensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mount Svilaja (Triassic of Croatia)

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