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Wellerella nitidula

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Wellerella nitidula was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152866c, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Pugnax saxatilis, W. cooperi, W. immatura, W. osagensis
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2008-07-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Wellerella nitidula Cooper and Grant p. 1954 figs. Pl 528, figs 47-62

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyWellerellinaeLicharew 1956
genusWellerella
speciesnitidula

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.

†Wellerella nitidula Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available