original description
Bitner, M. A.; Melnik, V. P.; Zezina, O. N. (2013). New paedomorphic brachiopods from the abyssal zone of the north-eastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3613(3): 281-288., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3613.3.6 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology Genus name 'Oceanithyris' referring to open-ocean occurrence of the species. [details]
Taxonomic remark The attribution of genus Oceanithyris to the family Dyscoliidae was only tentative as the genus lacks most diagnostic characters. [details]