Torynechus Cooper and Grant 1962 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Synonym: Uncinuloides King 1931 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1962. Torynechus: new name for Permian brachiopod Uncinuloides King. Journal of Paleontology 36(5):1128-1129

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

See also Cooper and Grant 1962, Grant 1965, King 1931 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atribonium, Camerisma, Coledium, Liufaia, Sedecularia, Sedenticellula, Stenoscisma

Subtaxa: Torynechus alectorius Torynechus caelatus Uncinuloides diffissa Uncinuloides imitatrix

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Oman (1 collection), Pakistan (14), United States (26: Texas)

Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences

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