Eifyris socia Godefroid and Mottequin 2005 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: J. Godefroid and B. Mottequin. 2005. Givetian brachiopods from the Trois-F ontaines Formation at Marenne (Belgium, Dinant Synclinorium). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 75:5-23

Belongs to Eifyris according to J. Godefroid and B. Mottequin 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IRScNB a12052. Its type locality is Marenne quarry, north of the village of Marenne. Unit 4, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Trois-Fontaines Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Marenne quarry, north of the village of Marenne. Unit 4

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