Thecospira textilis Bittner 1902 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecospiridae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1902. Brachiopoden und Lamellibranchiaten aus der Trias von Bosnien, Dalmatien, und Venetien [Brachiopods and bivalves of the Triassic of Bosnia, Dalmatia and Veneto]. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien 52(3-4):495-646

Belongs to Thecospira according to A. Bittner 1902

Sister taxa: Thecospira davidsoni, Thecospira granulata, Thecospira guembeli, Thecospira haidingeri, Thecospira porrecta, Thecospira semseyi, Thecospira sinensis, Thecospira sturzenbaumi, Thecospira tenuistriata, Thecospira tirolensis, Thecospiropsis arenosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gajine, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian carbonate limestone in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gajine

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