Neothyris lenticularis Apricot brachiopod, lamp-shell

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lexID:

9038 

Scientific:

Neothyris lenticularis 

German:

Armfüsser, Lampenmuscheln 

English:

Apricot brachiopod, lamp-shell 

Category:

Miscellaneous 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Brachiopoda (Phylum) > Rhynchonellata (Class) > Terebratulida (Order) > Terebratellidae (Family) > Neothyris (Genus) > lenticularis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Deshayes, 1839) 

Occurrence:

New Zealand, South-Pazific, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

3 - 500 Meter 

Size:

1.61" - 1.81" (4.1cm - 4.6cm) 

Temperature:

32 °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Neothyris lenticularis
  Armfüsser, Lampenmuscheln
• Neothyris ovalis
• Neothyris westpacifica

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-12-13 19:35:45 

Last edit:

2015-12-13 19:35:45 

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Neothyris lenticularis (Deshayes, 1839)

The brachiopods are commonly known as Lamp shells.Lamp shells has a dorsal and ventral shell.Their feeding organ are the ciliated lophophores.

The apricot brachiopod Neothyris lenticularis can be found to depth of 3 - 500 m. This species is the largest brachiopod in New Zealand, often found on oyster beds, but also such as rock platforms, walls and sandy rubble.

Size : 41 mm in length, 33 mm width,20 heigh

Synonyme:
Neothyris compressa
Neothyris dawsoni
Neothyris parva

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Brachiopoda (Phylum) > Rhynchonelliformea (Subphylum) > Rhynchonellata (Class) > Terebratulida (Order) > Terebratellidina (Suborder) > Terebratelloidea (Superfamily) > Terebratellidae (Family) > Terebratellinae (Subfamily) > Neothyris (Genus) > Neothyris lenticularis (Species)

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