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Brachiotesuquea formosa

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Tesuquea formosa was named by Sutherland and Harlow (1973). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tesuquea, Brachiotesuquea.

It was recombined as Brachiotesuquea formosa by Ceccolini and Cianferoni (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Tesuquea formosa Sutherland and Harlow p. 53 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-11,17,18
2023Brachiotesuquea formosa Ceccolini and Cianferoni p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
subfamilyProductinaeGray 1840
tribeRetariiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusBrachiotesuquea
speciesformosa(Sutherland and Harlow 1973)

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.

Brachiotesuquea formosa Sutherland and Harlow 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004
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