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Cyrolexis octoplicata

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Psilocamaridae

Taxonomy

Zhejiangella octoplicata was named by Liang (1990). It is a mold. Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China.

It was recombined as Cyrolexis octoplicata by Shen and Shi (2007).

Synonyms

Zhejiangella paraplicata was named by Liang (1990). It is a mold. Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyrolexis octoplicata by Shen and Shi (2007).
Zhejiangella pentaplicata was named by Liang (1990).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyrolexis octoplicata by Shen and Shi (2007).
Zhejiangella quadriplicata was named by Liang (1990).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyrolexis octoplicata by Shen and Shi (2007).
Zhejiangella septaplicata was named by Liang (1990).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyrolexis octoplicata by Shen and Shi (2007).
Zhejiangella sexplicata was named by Liang (1982).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyrolexis octoplicata by Shen and Shi (2007).
Zhejiangellina wangi was named by Liang (1990). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lengwu, upper Shiziling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal marl/limestone in the Lengwu Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyrolexis octoplicata by Shen and Shi (2007).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1982	Zhejiangella sexplicata Liang p. 236 figs. Pl 101, figs 13-18
1990	Zhejiangella octoplicata Liang p. 251 figs. Pl 45, figs 24-29
1990	Zhejiangella paraplicata Liang p. 251 figs. Pl 48, figs 12-22
1990	Zhejiangella pentaplicata Liang p. 252 figs. Pl 45, figs 1-23
1990	Zhejiangella quadriplicata Liang p. 253 figs. Pl 46, figs 1-14
1990	Zhejiangella septaplicata Liang p. 254 figs. Pl 46, figs 15-33
1990	Zhejiangella sexplicata Liang p. 255 figs. Pl 47, figs 1-28; text-fig 29
1990	Zhejiangellina wangi Liang p. 258 figs. Pl 48, figs 1-11; text-fig 30
2004	Zhejiangella sexplicata Waterhouse
2004	Zhejiangellina wangi Waterhouse
2007	Cyrolexis octoplicata Shen and Shi p. 60

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949
suborder	Stenoscismatidina
superfamily	Stenoscismatoidea	Oehlert 1887
family	Psilocamaridae
subfamily	Zhejiangellinae	Liang 1990
genus	Cyrolexis
species	octoplicata	()

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.

†Cyrolexis octoplicata Liang 1990

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Invalid names: Camarophorinella sexplicata Liang 1982 [synonym], Zhejiangella paraplicata Liang 1990 [synonym], Zhejiangella pentaplicata Liang 1990 [synonym], Zhejiangella quadriplicata Liang 1990 [synonym], Zhejiangella septaplicata Liang 1990 [synonym], Zhejiangellina wangi Liang 1990 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	25	9.76	5.00	17.9	10.1	3.00

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-28 14:12:25

Modified:

2004-02-28 22:12:25

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	China (Zhejiang)	Zhejiangella octoplicata, Zhejiangella paraplicata, Zhejiangella pentaplicata, Zhejiangella quadriplicata, Zhejiangella septaplicata, Zhejiangella sexplicata (type locality: 95519) Zhejiangella pentaplicata, Zhejiangella quadriplicata, Zhejiangella septaplicata (111934) Zhejiangella pentaplicata, Zhejiangella quadriplicata, Zhejiangella septaplicata, Zhejiangella sexplicata (111932) Zhejiangella pentaplicata, Zhejiangella quadriplicata, Zhejiangella septaplicata, Zhejiangella sexplicata, Zhejiangellina wangi (111933) Zhejiangella quadriplicata (95520)