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Rafinesquina (Playfairia)
Taxonomy
Rafinesquina (Playfairia) was named by Conrad (1839).
It was reranked as Playfairia by Reed (1945), Williams et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Rafinesquina by Reed (1917); to Brachiopoda by Reed (1945); and to Strophomenoidea by Williams et al. (2000).
It was reranked as Playfairia by Reed (1945), Williams et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Rafinesquina by Reed (1917); to Brachiopoda by Reed (1945); and to Strophomenoidea by Williams et al. (2000).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Rafinesquina beirensis, Rafinesquina calderi, Rafinesquina camerata, Rafinesquina carlottina, Rafinesquina chosensis, Rafinesquina corrugata, Rafinesquina deerensis, Rafinesquina equipunctata, Rafinesquina ermani, Rafinesquina esmondensis, Rafinesquina fracta, Rafinesquina hermitagensis, Rafinesquina holli, Rafinesquina inaequicostata, Rafinesquina lennoxensis, Rafinesquina loxorhytis, Rafinesquina mediolineata, Rafinesquina miodeltoidea, Rafinesquina nitans, Rafinesquina normalis, Rafinesquina normaloides, Rafinesquina obscura, Rafinesquina occulata, Rafinesquina okulitchi, Rafinesquina orleansensis, Rafinesquina patula, Rafinesquina pota, Rafinesquina praedeltoidea, Rafinesquina pregibbosa, Rafinesquina prestonensis, Rafinesquina productiformis, Rafinesquina pronis, Rafinesquina quadrata, Rafinesquina reliqua, Rafinesquina robusta, Rafinesquina salmoni, Rafinesquina sardesoni, Rafinesquina semicircularis, Rafinesquina semicircularis, Rafinesquina squamula, Rafinesquina varicosa, Rafinesquina vinicensis, Rafinesquina vinicensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Rafinesquina (Playfairia) Conrad p. 866 |
| 1917 | Rafinesquina (Playfairia) Reed p. 866 |
| 1945 | Playfairia Reed |
| 2000 | Playfairia Williams et al. p. 302 |
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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.
Subg. †Rafinesquina (Playfairia) Conrad 1839
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†Rafinesquina (Playfairia) deltoidea Conrad 1839
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. R. C. Reed 1917 | Shell concavo-convex, generally geniculated. Interior of pediclevalve
with small subcircular or subpentagonal muscle-scar, about one-fourth the length of the valve; vascular markings and pustules generally present. Brachial valve with internal characters closely resembling Leptaena. |
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available