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
Parent taxon: Basiliolinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Cooper 1959 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Almorhynchia, Apringia, Basiliola, Eohemithyris, Fortunella, Megapringia, Neorhynchia, Probolarina, Rionirhynchia, Sepkoskirhynchia, Serratapringia, Soaresirhynchia, Streptaria, Ussurirhynchia
Subtaxa: Rhytirhynchia hataiana Rhytirhynchia sladeni
Type: Hemithyris sladeni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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