Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Full reference: G. F. Elliott. 1960. Brachiopodes tertiaires d'Arabie et de Syrie. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e Série 2:152-155
Belongs to Argyrotheca according to G. F. Elliott 1960
Sister taxa: Argyrotheca aequicostata, Argyrotheca ageriana, Argyrotheca alavensis, Argyrotheca altavillensis, Argyrotheca andina, Argyrotheca angulata, Argyrotheca anomala, Argyrotheca arguta, Argyrotheca australis, Argyrotheca barrettiana, Argyrotheca batalleri, Argyrotheca beecheri, Argyrotheca bermudana, Argyrotheca bermudezi, Argyrotheca bitnerae, Argyrotheca bronnii, Argyrotheca cistellula, Argyrotheca clevei, Argyrotheca collardi, Argyrotheca coniuncta, Argyrotheca costulata, Argyrotheca crassa, Argyrotheca cuneata, Argyrotheca cyrtiniformis, Argyrotheca dalli, Argyrotheca grandicostata, Argyrotheca hewatti, Argyrotheca hirundo, Argyrotheca inconstans, Argyrotheca intercalata, Argyrotheca jacksoni, Argyrotheca johnsoni, Argyrotheca kupei, Argyrotheca lacunosa, Argyrotheca laevis, Argyrotheca londinensis, Argyrotheca lowei, Argyrotheca lunula, Argyrotheca lutea, Argyrotheca macneili, Argyrotheca magnicostata, Argyrotheca mayi, Argyrotheca megalocephala, Argyrotheca megapora, Argyrotheca michelottina, Argyrotheca microscopica, Argyrotheca obourgensis, Argyrotheca peculiaris, Argyrotheca piperipyxis, Argyrotheca plana, Argyrotheca plicata, Argyrotheca popielae, Argyrotheca quadrata, Argyrotheca ramshehensis, Argyrotheca retrorsa, Argyrotheca rubrocostata, Argyrotheca rubrotincta, Argyrotheca sabandensis, Argyrotheca sabaratensis, Argyrotheca schrammi, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca semicostata, Argyrotheca serrata, Argyrotheca somaliensis, Argyrotheca squamata, Argyrotheca stevensis, Argyrotheca subcordata, Argyrotheca sublamellosa, Argyrotheca thurmanni, Argyrotheca tokodensis, Argyrotheca woodwardiana, Cistellarcula wrigleyi, Cistellarcula dubia
Type specimen: BMNH BB.21052, a shell. Its type locality is Jebel Abiad, which is in a Burdigalian carbonate limestone in Syria.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jebel Abiad
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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