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Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula nucula was named by Sowerby (1839). Its type specimen is GSM Geol. Soc. Coil. 6657 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Rhynchonella nucula by Davidson (1869); it was recombined as Camarotoechia nucula by Holland (1963); it was recombined as Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula by Bassett and Cocks (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Terebratula nucula Sowerby p. 603 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1c, pl. 5, fig. 20
1869Rhynchonella nucula Davidson p. 157 figs. pl. 24, fig. I, ?figs. 3, 5, 6, non figs. 2, 4, 7
1963Camarotoechia nucula Holland p. 121 figs. pl. 4, fig. 11
1974Microsphaeridiorhynchus nucula Bassett and Cocks

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchotrematoideaSchuchert 1913
familyTrigonirhynchiidaeMcLaren 1965
subfamilyTrigonirhynchiinaeSchmidt 1965
genusMicrosphaeridiorhynchusSartenaer 1970
speciesnucula(Sowerby 1839)

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.

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Diagnosis
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