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{{short description|Genus of brachiopods}}
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{{Taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Pleistocene|Recent}}
| image = Gwynia capsula cropped.jpg
| image_caption = ''Gwynia capsula'', 1mm
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Brachiopoda]]
| classis = [[Rhynchonellata]]
| ordo = [[Terebratulida]]
| familia = [[Megathyrididae]]
| genus = '''''Gwynia'''''
| genus_authority = King, 1859
}}
'''''Gwynia''''' is a genus of very small to minute brachiopods.<ref>Voskuil, R. P. A. (2004). De Recente en Tertiaire Brachiopoden van het Nederlandse strand: een inventarisatie van de literatuur en commentaar op het vermeende voorkomen van ''Gwynia capsula'' (Jeffreys, 1859) in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. ''Het Zeepaard'' '''64'''(2):45-58</ref>
== Species ==
There are two species in the genus:<ref name=Rhynchonelliformea>Emig C. C., Bitner M. A. & Álvarez F., 2019. [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/brachiopoda_database/Rhynchonelliformea.html  Rhynchonelliformea]. Brachiopoda database. Accessed 2020-09-27.</ref>
* ''[[Gwynia capsula]]'' <small>(Jeffreys, 1859)</small>
* ''[[Gwynia macrodentata]]'' <small>Lüter, 2008</small>
== References ==
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[[Category:Terebratulida]]
[[Category:Brachiopod genera]]
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