Orthotichia japonica Hayasaka 1932 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Full reference: I. Hayasaka. 1932. An Upper Carboniferous brachiopod fauna of Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Tokyo 39:547-551

Belongs to Orthotichia according to J. I. Tazawa 2016

See also Hayasaka 1932, Hayasaka 1933, Tazawa 2010 and Tazawa 2012

Sister taxa: Orthotichia altilis, Orthotichia avushensis, Orthotichia chekiangensis, Orthotichia derbyi, Orthotichia fushanensis, Orthotichia gypidularhynchia, Orthotichia hueconiana, Orthotichia irregularis, Orthotichia jiangxiensis, Orthotichia kozlowskii, Orthotichia latirostrata, Orthotichia lengshuixiensis, Orthotichia lentiformis, Orthotichia magnifica, Orthotichia marmorea, Orthotichia morganiana, Orthotichia nana, Orthotichia nawtawaketensis, Orthotichia newelli, Orthotichia parva, Orthotichia pentamera, Orthotichia sulcata, Orthotichia tongluensis, Orthotichia transversa, Orthotichia trigona, Orthotichia xizangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kadosawa Limestone quarries, Nabeyama, Tochigi Prefecture (Hayasaka coll), which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Nabeyama Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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