ammonites
Terebratula matmatensis Dubar 1967 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Full reference: G. Dubar. 1967. Brachiopodes Jurassiques du Sahara Tunisien [Jurassic brachiopods from the Tunisian Sahara]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 53:1-71

Belongs to Terebratula according to G. Dubar 1967

Sister taxa: Terebratula (Waldheimia), Terebratula aequalis, Terebratula anatina, Terebratula aualites, Terebratula bipartita, Terebratula bisuffarcinata, Terebratula bronni, Terebratula bussoni, Terebratula djeffarae, Terebratula engeli, Terebratula flemingii, Terebratula gortanii, Terebratula grandis, Terebratula infraoolithica, Terebratula intervallata, Terebratula laricimontana, Terebratula movelierensis, Terebratula perfida, Terebratula perinflata, Terebratula stantoni, Terebratula sturi, Terebratula sturii, Terebratula suborbicularis, Terebratula suttonensis, Terebratula terebratula

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tazerdunet (Tataouine), which is in a Callovian/Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the Tataouine Formation of Tunisia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder