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Orbithele ceratopygarum

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Taxonomy
Discina (Acrotreta) ceratopygarum was named by Brøgger (1882) [Discina (Acrotreta?) ceratopygarum].

It was recombined as Orbithele ceratopygarum by Holmer et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Discina (Acrotreta) ceratopygarum Brøgger p. 47 figs. pl. 47, figs 1-1b
2000Orbithele ceratopygarum Holmer et al. p. 372 fig. 4A–G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyAcrothelidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyAcrothelinaeWalcott and Schuchert 1908
genusOrbitheleSdzuy 1955
speciesceratopygarum(Brøgger 1882)

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.

Orbithele ceratopygarum Brøgger 1882
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Diagnosis
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