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Rhactorhynchia diffusa

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhactorhynchia diffusa was named by Buckman (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wyke, which is in a Garantiana marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. faecunda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Rhactorhynchia diffusa Buckman p. 224 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 13

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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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyKallirhynchiinae
genusRhactorhynchia
speciesdiffusa

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.

†Rhactorhynchia diffusa Buckman 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available