Nymphorhynchia Rzhonsnitskaya 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Synonym: Wenxianirhynchus

Parent taxon: Hemitoechiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bathyrhyncha, Browneella, Dalerhynchus, Dushanirhynchia, Hemitoechia, Lenatoechia, Libyaerhynchus, Losvia, Luterella, Pampoecilorhynchus, Paurogastroderhynchus, Ptychomaletoechia, Sartenaerus, Tabarhynchus, Yanetechia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (7: Yukon, Yukon Territory collections), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Italy (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Russian Federation (9), Tajikistan (2)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)

Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences

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