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Christiania magna

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae

Taxonomy
Christiania magna was named by Sheehan (1987). Its type specimen is IRScNB 1576, a valve (interior and exterior molds of dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 74B19, which is in a Rawtheyan deep-water shale in the Fosses Formation of Belgium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. oblonga

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Christiania magna Sheehan pp. 37 - 38 figs. pl. 11 f. 31-32; pl. 12 f. 1-17

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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
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyChristianiidaeWilliams 1953
genusChristianiaHall and Clarke 1892
speciesmagna

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.

†Christiania magna Sheehan 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available