Rhynchopora nikitini Tschernyschew 1889 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Belongs to Rhynchopora according to O. A. Erlanger 1981

See also Harker 1960, Kashirtsev 1959, Kozlowski 1914, Stehli and Grant 1971, Tschernyschew 1902, Tschernyschew and Stepanow 1916 and Ustritsky and Chernyak 1963

Sister taxa: Rhynchopora abnormalis, Rhynchopora angulatiplicata, Rhynchopora arctica, Rhynchopora australasica, Rhynchopora beecheri, Rhynchopora bicostata, Rhynchopora complanata, Rhynchopora culta, Rhynchopora depressa, Rhynchopora dossena, Rhynchopora geinitziana, Rhynchopora grandirostris, Rhynchopora guadalupensis, Rhynchopora hebetata, Rhynchopora illinoisensis, Rhynchopora inconstantis, Rhynchopora kochi, Rhynchopora lobjaensis, Rhynchopora magna, Rhynchopora magnicosta, Rhynchopora matsumotoi, Rhynchopora molina, Rhynchopora palumbula, Rhynchopora patula, Rhynchopora relegata, Rhynchopora sansabensis, Rhynchopora scorsa, Rhynchopora solonensis, Rhynchopora sphenoides, Rhynchopora subtrigonalis, Rhynchopora taylori, Rhynchopora tchernyshae, Rhynchopora tenera, Rhynchopora tenuicostata, Rhynchopora tripartita, Rhynchopora variabilis, Rhynchopora wynnei, Rhynchopora zaljakensis

Subtaxa: Rhynchopora nikitini scorsa

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (4: Nunavut collections), Pakistan (8), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), United States (6: Alaska)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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