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Platystrophia major

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Orthis (Platystrophia) cypha, Orthis (Platystrophia) laticosta, P. acutilirata, P. amoena, P. anomala, P. baltica, P. biforatus, P. caelata, P. chama, P. clarksvillensis, P. colbiensis, P. costata, P. costatus, P. crassa, P. crassoplicata, P. cypha, P. dentata, P. elegantula, P. extensa, P. hongueda, P. humilis, P. inferaplica, P. laticosta, P. lutkevichi, P. orbiculata, P. pogrebovi, P. ponderosa, P. profundosulcata, P. putilovensis, P. quadriplicata, P. saxbyensis, P. scotica, P. tenuicosta, P. tenuicostata, P. tramorensis, P. trentonensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. equiconvexa, P. evari, P. hermitagensis, P. lesperancei, P. rava, P. sublimis, P. uxoris

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyPlatystrophiidaeSchuchert 1929
genusPlatystrophia
speciesmajor

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available