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Cupittheca mira

Orthothecida

Taxonomy
Paragloborilus mirus was named by He (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Actinotheca.

It was recombined as Actinotheca mira by Xiao and Zhou (1984); it was recombined as Emeitheca mirus by Duan (1984); it was recombined as Cupittheca mira by Parkhaev and Demidenko (2010); it was recombined as Cupitheca mira by Kouchinsky et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Paragloborilus mirus He
1984Cupitheca brevituba Duan p. 154
1984Cupitheca manicae Duan p. 155
1984Cupitheca suborbicularis Duan p. 155
1984Ensitheca ensiformis Duan p. 157
1984Varitheca intermedia Duan p. 157
1984Varitheca mammilata Duan p. 157
1984Emeitheca mirus Duan p. 158
1984Actinotheca mira Xiao and Zhou p. 147 figs. P. 1, figs. 1-5, 7, 9; Pl. 2, figs. 9-18
1990Actinotheca suborbicularis Bengtson et al. p. 203
2010Cupittheca mira Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 949
2017Cupitheca mira Kouchinsky et al. p. 391

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
genusCupittheca()
speciesmira(He 1977)

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.

Cupittheca mira He 1977
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Invalid names: Cupitheca brevituba Duan 1984 [synonym], Cupitheca manicae Duan 1984 [synonym], Cupitheca suborbicularis Duan 1984 [synonym], Ensitheca ensiformis Duan 1984 [synonym], Varitheca intermedia Duan 1984 [synonym], Varitheca mammilata Duan 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available