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Pterospirifer alatus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Taxonomy
Terebratulites alatus was named by von Schlotheim (1813).

It was recombined as Trigonotreta alata by King (1850); it was recombined as Spirifera alata by Davidson (1858); it was recombined as Spirifer alatus by Geinitz (1861) and Waagen (1883); it was recombined as Paeckelmanella alata by Lee and Gu (1980) and Li et al. (1986); it was recombined as Pterospirifer alatus by Dunbar (1955), Nelson and Nelson (1985), Waterhouse (2004) and Tazawa et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Terebratulites alatus von Schlotheim p. 58 figs. Pl 2, figs 9a,b
1827Spirifer undulatus Sowerby p. 119 figs. Pl 557, fig 1
1841Delthyris undulata Geinitz p. 640
1848Spirifer undulatus Howse p. 254
1848Spirifer permianus King p. 7
1850Trigonotreta alata King p. 130 figs. Pl 9, figs 4-12
1850Trigonotreta undulata King p. 131 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-3,13-17
1850Trigonotreta permiana King p. 133 figs. Pl 9, figs 18-24
1857Spirifer undulatus Howse p. 52
1858Spirifera alata Davidson p. 13 figs. Pl 1, figs 23-36; pl 2, figs 6, 7
1861Spirifer alatus Geinitz p. 87 figs. Pl 16, figs 1-7
1883Spirifer alatus Waagen p. 519
1899Spirifer undulatus Langenhan p. 51
1955Pterospirifer alatus Dunbar p. 129
1980Paeckelmanella alata Lee and Gu p. 406 figs. Pl 175, figs 10,11
1985Pterospirifer alatus Nelson and Nelson figs. Pl 1, fig 19
1986Paeckelmanella alata Li et al. figs. Pl 5, fig 11
2004Pterospirifer alatus Waterhouse
2015Pterospirifer alatus Tazawa et al. p. 45 figs. 6.11, 6.12

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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
superfamilyPaeckelmanelloideaIvanova 1972
familyStrophopleuridaeCarter 1974
subfamilyPterospiriferinae
genusPterospirifer
speciesalatus()

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.

Pterospirifer alatus von Schlotheim 1813
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Invalid names: Spirifer undulatus Sowerby 1827 [synonym], Trigonotreta permiana King 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available