Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Frenulinidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Tertiary and Pleistocene Brachiopods of Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 314(A):1-20
Belongs to Jolonica according to G. A. Cooper 1957
Sister taxa: Jolonica (Compsoria), Jolonica elliptica, Jolonica hedleyi, Jolonica nipponica, Jolonica ryukyuensis, Kamoica chibaensis
Type specimen: USNM 549323d, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 17633, southwest of China (FSM 11, 22-33-14), which is in a Gelasian deep-water claystone in the Shinzato Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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