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Tropidelasma culmenatum

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

Taxonomy
Tropidelasma culmenatum was named by Cooper and Grant (1969). Its type specimen is USNM 147829b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Tropidelasma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Tropidelasma culmenatum Cooper and Grant p. 3 figs. Pl 1, figs 27-29
1974Tropidelasma culmenatum Cooper and Grant p. 338 figs. Pl 51, figs 1-36; pl 52, figs 1-32; pl 53, figs 12-27; pl 58, figs 37-43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familySchuchertellidae
subfamilyStreptorhynchinae
genusTropidelasma
speciesculmenatum

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.

†Tropidelasma culmenatum Cooper and Grant 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available