Rhactorhynchia diffusa Buckman 1917 (rhynchonellid brachiopod)

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Full reference: S. S. Buckman. 1917. The Brachiopoda of the Namyau Beds, Northern Shan States, Burma. Palaeontologia Indica 3(2):1-254

Belongs to Rhactorhynchia according to S. S. Buckman 1917

Sister taxa: Rhactorhynchia albertensis, Rhactorhynchia borissjaki, Rhactorhynchia brevis, Rhactorhynchia distracta, Rhactorhynchia grigorievi, Rhactorhynchia gurovi, Rhactorhynchia hampenensis, Rhactorhynchia humilis, Rhactorhynchia impar, Rhactorhynchia lauta, Rhactorhynchia lutugini, Rhactorhynchia oscolica, Rhactorhynchia pinguis, Rhactorhynchia quadriplicata, Rhactorhynchia regalis, Rhactorhynchia rhacta, Rhactorhynchia subquadriplicata, Rhactorhynchia subtetrahedra, Rhactorhynchia termieri, Rhactorhynchia trigona, Rhactorhynchia tumefacta, Rhactorhynchia turgidula, Rhactorhynchia voluta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wyke, which is in a Garantiana marine horizon in the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wyke

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