Nipponithyris nipponensis Yabe and Hatai 1934 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dallinidae
Belongs to Nipponithyris according to K. M. Hatai 1940
See also Zezina 2010
Sister taxa: Nipponithyris afra, Nipponithyris fijiensis, Nipponithyris lauensis, Nipponithyris notoensis, Nipponithyris snisiyamai, Nipponithyris tayaensis, Nipponithyris yabei, Nipponithyris (Miyakothyris) subovata, Isumithyris kazusaensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Iwaya, Kasima-gun (Miocene of Japan)
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