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Opikina nasuta

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Taxonomy
Opikina nasuta was named by Cooper (1956). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1.2 miles S. 310 E. of Sharon Springs, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Chatham Hill Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Opikina nasuta Cooper pp. 914 - 915 figs. Plate 242, C, figures 11-I3a

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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
genusOpikina
speciesnasuta

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.

†Opikina nasuta Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available