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Striithyris Muir-Wood 1935 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae

Full reference: H. M. Muir-Wood. 1935. Jurassic Brachiopoda. The Mesozoic Palaeontology of British Somaliland, Geology and Palaeontology of British Somaliland, II 75-147

Parent taxon: Loboidothyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Arabatia, Avonothyris, Bihenithyris, Charltonithyris, Colosia, Dolichobrochus, Loboidothyris, Pinaxiothyris, Pseudoglossothyris, Ptyctothyris, Sphaeroidothyris, Stiphrothyris, Wattonithyris

Subtaxa: Striithyris costata, Striithyris somaliensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder