†Capillonia Waterhouse 1973 (lamp shell)
Strophomenata - Productida - Rugosochonetidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 27187
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1973. New brachiopod genera from the New Zealand Permian. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3:35-42
Parent taxon: Svalbardiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Chonetinetes, Dyoros, Eolissochonetes, Kitakamichonetes, Komiella, Leiochonetes, Leurosina, Lissochonetes, Quadrochonetes, Sulcataria, Svalbardia, Tivertonia
Subtaxa: Capillonia brevisulcus, Capillonia semicircularis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder