''Compsothyris'' is a genus of
brachiopods
Brachiopods (), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of trochozoan animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, whi ...
belonging to the family
Frieleiidae.
The species of this genus are found in southernmost
South Hemisphere.
Species:
*''
Compsothyris ballenyi''
*''
Compsothyris racovitzae''
References
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Brachiopod genera