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Echinoconchus alternatus

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Taxonomy
Productus alternatus was named by Norwood and Pratten (1855).

It was recombined as Pustula alternata by Snider (1915); it was recombined as Echinoconchus alternatus by Weller (1914) and Sutton (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. longispinus, E. vetusta, E. vittatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Productus alternatus Norwood and Pratten
1858Productus vittatus Hall p. 639
1863Productus gradatus Swallow p. 93
1914Echinoconchus alternatus Weller
1915Pustula alternata Snider p. 82
1938Echinoconchus alternatus Sutton p. 556 figs. Plate 66, figures 1-4

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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
superfamilyEchinoconchoidea
familyEchinoconchidae
subfamilyEchinoconchinaeStehli 1954
tribeEchinoconchiniStehli 1954
genusEchinoconchus
speciesalternatus(Norwood and Pratten 1855)

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.

†Echinoconchus alternatus Norwood and Pratten 1855
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Invalid names: Productus gradatus Swallow 1863 [synonym], Productus vittatus Hall 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available