Gryphus washingtonensis Hertlein and Grant IV 1944 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant IV. 1944. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America. The Cenozoic Brachiopoda of Western North America 3:1-236

Belongs to Gryphus according to L. G. Hertlein and U. S. Grant IV 1944

Sister taxa: Gryphus angularis, Gryphus capensis, Gryphus carneoides, Gryphus clarkeana, Gryphus cookei, Gryphus dalli, Gryphus hanzawai, Gryphus kickxii, Gryphus kurotakiensis, Gryphus lentiformis, Gryphus minor, Gryphus miocaenicus, Gryphus oakvilleensis, Gryphus parvus, Gryphus radiata, Gryphus rovasendianus, Gryphus sphenoideus, Gryphus stantoni, Gryphus tokionis, Gryphus vaughani, Gryphus vitrea, Gryphus vitreus, Gryphus yatungensis

Type specimen: CAS 7246

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gryphus washingtonensis in the database

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