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Spirifer

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer was named by Sowerby (1818) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Bash-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1200]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Spiriferidae, Spiriferinae.

It was reranked as Delthyris (Spirifer) by von Buch (1831).

It was assigned to Delthyris by von Buch (1831); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Spiriferinae by Campbell and Engel (1963) and Williams et al. (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Spirifer Sowerby
1831Delthyris (Spirifer) von Buch
1836Spirifera Phillips p. 216
1963Spirifer Campbell and Engel p. 72
2002Spirifer Sepkoski
2006Spirifer Williams et al. p. 1769

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferidae
subfamilySpiriferinae
genusSpirifer

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.

G. †Spirifer Sowerby 1818
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Subg. †Spirifer (Lamellispirifer) Nalvkin 1937
Spirifer acutiplicatus Hayasaka 1933
Spirifer albertensis Warren 1932
Spirifer argentarius Meek 1877
Spirifer baschkirica Tschernyschew 1902
Spirifer battu Gemmellaro 1899
Spirifer battus Gemmellaro 1899
Spirifer bistritzae Schellwien 1900
Spirifer brandis Klipstein 1843
Spirifer brazerianus Girty 1927
Spirifer byrangi Chernyak 1963
Spirifer cascadensis Warren 1927
Spirifer centronatus Shimer 1926
Spirifer chappelensis Carter 1967
Spirifer concentricus Lee and Su 1980
Spirifer crebristria Morris 1845
Spirifer dichotomus Braun 1841
Spirifer distefanii Gemmellaro 1899
Spirifer dvinaensis Licharew 1927
Spirifer enderlei Tschernyschew 1902
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Invalid names: Spirifer acuticostatus Tschernyschew 1902 [replaced]
Spirifer engelgardthi Chernyak 1963
Spirifer gregeri Weller 1914
Spirifer haydenianus Girty 1927
Spirifer holodnensis Chernyak 1963
Spirifer incertus Li and Gu 1980
Spirifer increbescens Hall 1858
Spirifer jilinensis Li and Gu 1980
Spirifer lirellus Cvancara 1958
Spirifer macrus Hall 1867
Spirifer malistanensis Plodowski 1968
Spirifer mercurii Gosselet 1880
Spirifer missouriensis Swallow 1860
Spirifer munsteri Davidson 1851
Spirifer obtusus Gabb 1870
Spirifer opimus Hall 1858
Spirifer orthiformis Lepsius 1878
Spirifer pellaensis Weller 1914
Spirifer pentagonoides Plodowski 1968
Spirifer pentlandi d'Orbigny 1842
Spirifer piassinaensis Chernyak 1963
Spirifer postventricosus Tschernyschew 1902
Spirifer rakuszi Einor 1946
Spirifer rariplectus Braun 1841
Spirifer rockymontanus Marcou 1858
Spirifer schellwieni Tschernyschew 1902
Spirifer siculus Gemmellaro 1899
Spirifer sol Campbell and Engel 1963
Spirifer spitiensis Stoliczka 1865
Spirifer spurius Braun 1841
Spirifer striatus Martin 1809
Spirifer subgrandiformis Plodowski 1968
Spirifer supracarbonicus Tschernyschew 1902
Spirifer supramosquensis Nikitin 1890
Spirifer tareiaensis Einor 1939
Spirifer undata Reed 1944
Spirifer uralicus Tschernyschew 1902
Spirifer utahensis Meek 1860
Invalid names: Spirifera Phillips 1836 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available