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Torellellidae

Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Torellellidae Holm
1962Torellellidae Fisher p. 133
1993Torellellidae Brock and Cooper p. 776
2001Torellellidae Gravestock et al. p. 94
2006Torellellidae Skovsted p. 1101
2010Torellellidae Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 945

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kingdomAnimalia()
Life
orderHyolithelminthida(Fischer 1962)
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familyTorellellidae
familyTorellellidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Torellellidae Holm 1893
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G. †Annelitellus Qian 1989
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Invalid names: Annelitellus rotundapiculus Qian 1989 [synonym]
G. †Ruchtonia Cobbold and Pocock 1934
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Ruchtonia lata Cobbold and Pocock 1934
G. †Rushtonia Cobbold and Pocock 1934
G. †Torellella Holm 1893
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Torellella biconvexa Rozanov et al. 1969
Torellella curva Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Torellella explicata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Torellella guizhouensis Qian and Yin 1984
Torellella laevigata Linnarsson 1871
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Invalid names: Torellella latiuscula Vasil’yeva 1998 [synonym]
Torellella lentiformis Syssoiev 1962
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010"Conical bilaterally symmetrical tubes opened from both ends. Tube wall bilaminar, outer layer approximately 3 μm thick, inner layer 15 μm thick. Chemical composition of tube wall calcium phosphate. Cross-section of tubes oval. Tubes externally smooth, or ornamented by convex transversal rib."