Amphithyris Thomson 1918

Genus Amphithyris Thomson, 1918 Type species. Amphithyris buckmani Thomson, 1918: p. 22, pl. 15, fig. 29, pl. 16, fig. 35 (by original designation) Diagnosis. Small shell (up to 5mm), planoconvex to biconvex, punctate, round to oval; shell outline variable depending on substrate of attachment. Ventr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nauendorf, Alice, Wörheide, Gert, Lüter, Carsten
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2014
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Brachiopoda
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida
Platidiidae
Amphithyris
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6133046
https://zenodo.org/record/6133046
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Summary:Genus Amphithyris Thomson, 1918 Type species. Amphithyris buckmani Thomson, 1918: p. 22, pl. 15, fig. 29, pl. 16, fig. 35 (by original designation) Diagnosis. Small shell (up to 5mm), planoconvex to biconvex, punctate, round to oval; shell outline variable depending on substrate of attachment. Ventral valve convex; dorsal valve slightly convex to almost flat; short pedicle; beak apicate; foramen amphithyrid; schizolophous lophophore. Hinge line nearly straight; triangular delthyrium; dental plates absent. : Published as part of Nauendorf, Alice, Wörheide, Gert & Lüter, Carsten, 2014, Revision of the brachiopod genus Amphithyris (Rhynchonelliformea: Platidiidae) with descriptions of two new species, pp. 221-240 in Zootaxa 3847 (2) on page 224, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/227230 : {"references": ["Thomson, J. A. (1918) Brachiopoda. Scientific reports of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, Series C (Zoology and Botany), 4, 1 - 76."]}

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