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Epicelia episcopiensis

Strophomenata - Productida - Cooperinidae

Taxonomy
Epicelia episcopiensis was named by Grant (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 169751, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece. It is the type species of Epicelia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Epicelia episcopiensis Grant p. 225 figs. Pl 4, figs 17,18; pl 7, figs 1-20; pl 8, figs 1-4,7,8,11,13-17

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyCooperinidaePajaud 1968
subfamilyEpiceliinaeGrant 1972
genusEpicelia
speciesepiscopiensis

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.

†Epicelia episcopiensis Grant 1972
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Diagnosis
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