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Taxonomy
Lingula clathrata was named by Walcott and Schuchert (1893) [lectotype designated by Cooper (1956: 209).]. Its type specimen is USNM 45546b, a valve (brachial valve), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Westonia clathrata by Cooper (1956).
It was recombined as Westonia clathrata by Cooper (1956).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1893 | Lingula clathrata Walcott and Schuchert p. 345 figs. pl. 29, fig. 42 |
| 1956 | Westonia clathrata Cooper p. 209 figs. Plate 1A, figures 1, 2 |
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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.
†Westonia clathrata Walcott and Schuchert 1893
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available