Ebiscothyris Bitner and Cohen 2015 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Full reference: M. A. Bitner and B. L. Cohen. 2015. Congruence and conflict: case studies of morphotaxonomy versus rDNA gene tree phylogeny among articulate brachiopods (Brachiopoda: Rhynchonelliformea), with description of a new genus: Case Studies of Congruence and Conflict. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173(2):486-504

Parent taxon: Terebratulidae according to M. A. Bitner and B. L. Cohen 2015

Sister taxa: Arapsothyris, Blandfordithyris, Cheirothyrinae, Dallithyridinae, Dictyothyrinae, Gryphinae, Indothyris, Kossmatithyris, Liothyrina, Loboidothyrinae, Lobothyrinae, Plicatoriinae, Pseudogibbithyris, Seymourellinae, Stoliczkathyris, Terebratulinae, Tichosininae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ebiscothyris in the database

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