Sendaithyris (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Alternative spelling: Terebratulina (Sendaithyris)

Parent taxon: Cancellothyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Cooper 1973, Hatai 1940 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cancellothyris, Murravia, Ortholina, Rhynchonellopsis, Terebratulina, Trochifera

Subtaxa: Sendaithyris otutumiensis

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Type: Terebratulina (Sendaithyris) otutumiensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Otutumi, Kurokawa-gun (upper beds) (Miocene of Japan)

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