original description
Logan, A.; Zibrowius, H. (1994). A new genus and species of rhynchonellid (Brachiopoda, recent) from submarine caves in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Marine Ecology.</em> 15 (1): 77–88, pl. 1–2. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Genus name 'Tethyrhynchia' is named after the prehistoric Tethys Sea from which the Mediterranean Sea was formed (where the type species was collected). [details]