Yabeithyris Hatai 1948 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

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

Parent taxon: Terebratellidina according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antigoniarcula, Bouchardioidea, Dallinoidea, Eogryphus, Gwyniella, Hercothyris, Kingenoidea, Kraussinoidea, Kurakithyris, Laqueoidea, Leptothyrellopsis, Lutetiarcula, Magas, Megathyridoidea, Miogryphus, Mosaethyrididae, Platidioidea, Praeneothyris, Rhynchora, Rhynchorina, Terebratelloidea, Tiaretithyris, Timacella, Xinjiangthyris, Yuezhuella, Zeillerioidea, Zhidothyris

Subtaxa: Yabeithyris kanazawaensis Yabeithyris notoensis

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Type: Yabeithyris notoensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Horakuji, Noto Peninsula (Miocene of Japan)

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