Yabeithyris notoensis Hatai 1948 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Full reference: K. Hatai. 1948. New Tertiary Brachiopoda from Japan. Journal of Paleontology 22:494-499

Belongs to Yabeithyris according to K. Hatai 1948

Sister taxon: Yabeithyris kanazawaensis

Type specimen: IGPS 72536, a shell. Its type locality is Horakuji, Noto Peninsula, which is in a Langhian marine siliciclastic in the Akaura Formation of Japan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Horakuji, Noto Peninsula

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