Athyris goniocolpos Frech 1912 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: F. Frech. 1912. Neue Zweischaler und Brachiopoden aus der Bakonyer Trias [New bivalves and brachiopods from the Bakony Trias]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(2):1-138

Belongs to Athyris according to F. Frech 1912

Sister taxa: Athyris (Cliothyris), Athyris (Seminula), Athyris (Spirigera), Athyris ambiguaeformis, Athyris angelica, Athyris angulata, Athyris bisulcata, Athyris bradyensis, Athyris cestriensis, Athyris concentrica, Athyris damesi, Athyris globularis, Athyris lamellosa, Athyris mirabilis, Athyris persinuata, Athyris plicatiformis, Athyris simulans, Athyris spiriferoides, Athyris subquadrata, Athyris xetra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Csőszdomb, Veszprém, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in Hungary

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Csőszdomb, Veszprém

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