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Trapezotheca aemulus

Orthothecida - Orthothecidae

Taxonomy
Hyolithus (Orthotheca) aemulus was named by Holm (1893). Its type specimen is SGU 5161, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Trapezotheca.

It was recombined as Trapezotheca aemulus by Syssoiev (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Hyolithus (Orthotheca) aemulus Holm p. 62 figs. pl. 5 f. 72-76
1958Trapezotheca aemulus Syssoiev p. 187 figs. pl. 5 f. 3a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
familyOrthothecidae
genusTrapezotheca
speciesaemulus()

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.

†Trapezotheca aemulus Holm 1893
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Diagnosis
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