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Plectatrypa

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae

Taxonomy

Plectatrypa was named by Cooper (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-m S Ludl-l Sepkoski's reference number: 25, 66, 965]. It is the type genus of Plectatrypinae.

It was assigned to Carinatininae by Bassett and Cocks (1974), Mitchell (1977); to Plectatrypinae by Copper (1996); to Atrypidae by Temple (1987), Jin and Chatterton (1997); and to Atrypida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. (Gutnia), P. (Plectatrypa), P. lamellosa, P. savagei, P. unicosta

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. arctoimbricata, P. australis, P. henningsmoeni, P. henningsmoensis, P. laticostata, P. nodostriata, P. rongi, P. sulevi, P. tripartita, P. wenlockiana

Synonyms

Eospirigerina was named by Schuchert and Cooper (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-m S Ludl-l Sepkoski's reference number: 25, 66, 965]. It is the type genus of Plectatrypinae.

It was corrected as Eospirigerina by Villas and Cocks (1996), Williams et al. (2002).

It was assigned to Atrypinae by Villas and Cocks (1996); and to Spirigerininae by Williams et al. (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Plectatrypa Cooper pp. 90 - 91
1974	Plectatrypa Bassett and Cocks
1977	Plectatrypa Mitchell
1987	Plectatrypa Temple p. 107
1996	Plectatrypa Copper p. 915
1997	Plectatrypa Jin and Chatterton
2002	Plectatrypa Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Atrypida	Rzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborder	Atrypidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Atrypoidea	Gill 1871
family	Atrypinidae	McEwan 1939
subfamily	Plectatrypinae	Copper 1996
genus	Plectatrypa	Cooper 1930

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. †Plectatrypa Cooper 1930

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Subg. †Plectatrypa (Gutnia) Copper 1996

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†Plectatrypa (Gutnia) capidula Copper 1996

†Plectatrypa (Gutnia) neutra Johnson et al. 1973

†Plectatrypa (Gutnia) savagei Johnson et al. 1976

†Plectatrypa (Gutnia) variabilis Johnson et al. 1976

Subg. †Plectatrypa (Plectatrypa) Copper 1996

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†Plectatrypa (Plectatrypa) imbricata Sowerby and Murchison 1839

†Plectatrypa hibernica Reed 1952

†Plectatrypa lamellosa Lindström 1861

†Plectatrypa savagei Zhang 1989

†Plectatrypa unicosta Zhang 1989

Invalid names: Imbricatospira [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available