†Rhytirhynchia hataiana Cooper 1957 (lamp shell)
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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
Belongs to Rhytirhynchia according to G. A. Cooper 1959
See also Cooper 1957
Sister taxon: Rhytirhynchia sladeni
Type specimen: USNM 549307, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 17572, north of Shoshi (DF 145), which is in a Calabrian/Pleistocene lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal grainstone/limestone in the Naha Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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