Amphithyris Thomson 1918

• 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.6133047; https://zenodo.org/record/6133047

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."]}