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Nasutimena fluctuosa

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Taxonomy
Strophomena fluctuosa was named by Billings (1860) [GSC 2017 is a hypotype: the type has been lost. not Strophomena fluctuosa Billings; Winchell and Schuchert 1893, p. 395, Pl. 31, figs. 14-17. (= Strophomena occidentalis Foerste 1912)]. Its type specimen is GSC 2017, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Luhaia fluctuosa by Dewing (1995); it was recombined as Gunnarella fluctuosa by Dewing (1999); it was recombined as Nasutimena fluctuosa by Jin and Zhan (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Strophomena fluctuosa Billings p. 57 fig. 6
1924Strophomena fluctuosa Foerste p. 119 figs. pl. 12, figs. 8a, b
1928Strophomena fluctuosa Twenhofel p. 193 figs. pl. 22, figs. 3-5
1995Luhaia fluctuosa Dewing p. 139 figs. pl. 10, figs. 2, 4-8; pl. 11, figs. 1-13
1999Gunnarella fluctuosa Dewing pp. 20-23 figs. Pl. 6, figs. 2, 4-8; Pl. 7, figs. 1-13; Text-fig. 14
2001Nasutimena fluctuosa Jin and Zhan pp. 31 - 34 figs. Pl. 6, figs. 9-19; Pl. 7, figs. 5-12; Pl. 20, figs. 1-7; Pl. 21, figs. 5, 6; Figs. 16, 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyStrophomenidaeKing 1846
genusNasutimena
speciesfluctuosa(Billings 1860)

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.

Nasutimena fluctuosa Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
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