Athyris is a brachiopod genus with a subequally biconvex shell that is generally wider than long and a range that extends from the Silurian into the Triassic. Athyris is the type genus for the Athyrididae, which belongs to the articulate order Athyridida. R.C. Moore (1952) gives a shorter range, from the Mid Devonian to the Lower Mississippian.
Alverezites, Bruntonites, and Meristospira are among related genera.
Some species originally included in Athyris have been reassigned.[1]
Composition: low Mg calcite
Entire body: yes
Adult length: 10 to
Adult width: 10 to
Adult height: 10 to
Folds: minor
Ribbing: minor
Spines: none
Internal reinforcement: none
Locomotion: stationary
Attached: yes
Life habit: low-level epifaunal
Diet: suspension feeder
Vision: blind
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Athyris is a brachiopod genus with a subequally biconvex shell that is generally wider than long and a range that extends from the Silurian into the Triassic. Athyris is the type genus for the Athyrididae, which belongs to the articulate order Athyridida. R.C. Moore (1952) gives a shorter range, from the Mid Devonian to the Lower Mississippian.
Alverezites, Bruntonites, and Meristospira are among related genera.
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無窗貝屬(學名:Athyris)是無窗貝科無窗貝亞科下已滅絕的一個屬,生存在早泥盆紀至三疊紀的海洋中,具有近乎相等的雙凸外殼,一般寬度較長度大。
和本屬相關的屬有Alverezites、Bruntonites和Meristospira。
無窗貝屬下的有些物種現時已被置入其他的屬。[1]
無窗貝屬(學名:Athyris)是無窗貝科無窗貝亞科下已滅絕的一個屬,生存在早泥盆紀至三疊紀的海洋中,具有近乎相等的雙凸外殼,一般寬度較長度大。
和本屬相關的屬有Alverezites、Bruntonites和Meristospira。