Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Replacement subfamily name to illegitimate Gigantorhynchinae Savage 1996: 254.
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Synonym: Gigantorhynchinae Savage 1996 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. B. Doweld. 2013. Alairhynchus, a new name for the genus Gigantorhynchus Sapelnikov & Malygina 1977 (Brachiopoda: Camarotoechioidea) preoccupied by Gigantorhynchus Hamann 1892 (Vermes: Acanthocephala). Zootaxa 3734(4):497-498
Parent taxon: Leiorhynchidae according to A. B. Doweld 2013
See also Williams et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Basilicorhynchinae, Calvinariinae, Fenestrirostrinae, Innuitellinae, Leiorhynchinae, Stenometoporhynchinae
Subtaxa: Alairhynchus
Type: Gigantorhynchus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Alairhynchinae in the database