Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dallinidae
Full reference: K. Hatai. 1948. New Tertiary Brachiopoda from Japan. Journal of Paleontology 22:494-499
Belongs to Nipponithyris according to K. Hatai 1948
Sister taxa: Nipponithyris afra, Nipponithyris fijiensis, Nipponithyris lauensis, Nipponithyris nipponensis, Nipponithyris notoensis, Nipponithyris tayaensis, Nipponithyris yabei, Isumithyris kazusaensis, Nipponithyris (Miyakothyris) subovata
Type specimen: IGPS 72535, a shell. Its type locality is Cliff north of Taya, Iwami-Sannai-mura, which is in a Calabrian marine siliciclastic in the Taya Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cliff north of Taya, Iwami-Sannai-mura
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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