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Hebertella subjugata

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae

Taxonomy
Orthis subjugata was named by Hall (1847). Its type specimen is AMNH 30290 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hebertella occidentalis by Walker (1982); it was recombined as Hebertella subjugata by Wright and Stigall (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Orthis subjugata Hall pp. 129-130 figs. pl. 32c, figs 1a-n
2013Hebertella subjugata Wright and Stigall p. 1125 fig. 7.8

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyPlectorthidaeSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
genusHebertellaHall and Clarke 1892
speciessubjugata()

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.

Hebertella subjugata Hall 1847
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. F. Wright and A. L. Stigall 2013Small to moderate size Hebertella species with a semielliptical outline and rounded cardinal extremities. Shell, much wider than long; ventral and dorsal valves inflated, unequally biconvex with steep dorsal valve lacking a medial depression; cardinal extremities rounded; sulcus deep, marked by many (≥17) fine costae between inflection points; ventral interarea small, nearly catacline; delthyrial angle wide (≥40˚); dorsal and ventral umbos remaining proximal to the hinge line.