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Cassianospira lyrata

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula lyrata was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Retzia lyrata by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Cassianospira lyrata by Guo et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Terebratula lyrata Münster p. 57 figs. Pl 6, figs 5,6
1865Retzia lyrata Laube p. 20 figs. Pl 13, fig 3
2019Cassianospira lyrata Guo et al.

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderRetziidinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyRetzioideaWaagen 1883
familyNeoretziidaeDagis 1972
subfamilyNeoretziinaeDagys 1972
genusCassianospiraDagys 1972
specieslyrata()

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.

Cassianospira lyrata Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available