†Abyssothyris briggsi Cooper 1978 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dyscoliidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1978. Tertiary and Quaternary brachiopods from the southwest Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 38:1-23
Belongs to Abyssothyris according to G. A. Cooper 1978
Sister taxa: Abyssothyris atlantica, Abyssothyris wyvillei
Type specimen: USNM 550840b, a shell. Its type locality is FB3, Naingatungatu, Viti Levu, which is in a Zanclean marine siliciclastic in the Suva Marl Formation of Fiji.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at FB3, Naingatungatu, Viti Levu
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