Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Tertiary and Pleistocene Brachiopods of Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 314(A):1-20

Belongs to Basiliola according to G. A. Cooper 1959

See also Cooper 1957

Sister taxa: Basiliola arnaudi, Basiliola beecheri, Basiliola elongata, Basiliola lucida, Basiliola minuta, Basiliola pompholyx, Basiliola roddai, Basiliola strasfogeli

Type specimen: USNM 549314, a valve. Its type locality is USGS 17521, Highway 5 (WF 76), which is in a Calabrian/Pleistocene lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone/limestone in the Naha Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS 17521, Highway 5 (WF 76)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.