Ellipsothyris similis Sahni 1925 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae

Belongs to Ellipsothyris according to Sahni 1925

Sister taxa: Carneithyris aequivalvis, Carneithyris carnea, Carneithyris ciplyensis, Carneithyris hilarionis, Carneithyris rockallensis, Carneithyris subcardinalis, Carneithyris subpentagonalis, Carneithyris subregularis, Piarothyris rotunda, Magnithyris magna, Pulchrithyris gracilis, Ogmusia incissa, Ornithothyris carinata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ellipsothyris similis in the database

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