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Megousia flexuosa

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Taxonomy
Megousia flexuosa was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 149946b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Megousia flexuosa Cooper and Grant p. 1196 figs. Pl 447, figs 1-39

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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
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyLinoproductidae
subfamilyAnidanthinae
genusMegousiaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
speciesflexuosa

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.

†Megousia flexuosa Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
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