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Floweria

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Floweria Cooper and Dutro pp. 53 - 54
2000Floweria Williams et al. p. 681
2002Floweria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyChilidiopsoideaBoucot 1959
familyAreostrophiidaeManankov 1979
subfamilyAdectorhynchinaeHenry and Gordon 1985
genusFloweria

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.

G. †Floweria Cooper and Dutro 1982
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Floweria anomala Winchell 1866
Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843
Floweria becraftensis Clarke 1900
Floweria bellulus Clarke 1894
Floweria chemungensis Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Floweria bifurcata Hall 1843 [synonym], Floweria pectinacea Hall 1843 [synonym]
Floweria cornucopia Imbrie 1959
Floweria crassa Imbrie 1959
Floweria deformis Hall 1857
Floweria iowensis Stainbrook 1943
Floweria lirella Imbrie 1959
Floweria magnacicatrix Cooper and Dutro 1982
Floweria pandora Billings 1860
Floweria perversa Hall 1857
Floweria prava Hall 1858
Floweria pseudoelegans Gosselet 1877
Floweria transversalis Cooper and Dutro 1982
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982Medium sized costellate shells having ventral valve deeper and more convex than the flat or nearly flat dorsal valve. Interareas unequally developed. Brachiophores contained in cuplike sockets.