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Ptychopleurella sulcata

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae

Taxonomy
Ptychopleurella sulcata was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 110108b and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cymbella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Ptychopleurella sulcata Cooper pp. 390 - 391 figs. Plate so, I, figures 40, 41

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyHesperorthidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusPtychopleurellaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
speciessulcata

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.

†Ptychopleurella sulcata Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available