Rhytirhynchia Cooper 1957 (lamp shell)

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

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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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