Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dallinidae
Full reference: K. M. Hatai. 1940. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Japan. Science Reports, Tohoku Imperial University, Series 2 20:1-413
Belongs to Nipponithyris according to K. M. Hatai 1940
Sister taxa: Nipponithyris afra, Nipponithyris fijiensis, Nipponithyris lauensis, Nipponithyris nipponensis, Nipponithyris snisiyamai, Nipponithyris tayaensis, Nipponithyris yabei, Isumithyris kazusaensis, Nipponithyris (Miyakothyris) subovata
Type specimen: IGPS 54092, a shell. Its type locality is Simazaki, Himi-mati, Toyama, which is in a Gelasian marine sandstone in the Junicho Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Simazaki, Himi-mati, Toyama
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