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Spiriferella rajah

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer rajah was named by Salter (1865). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spiti Pass, which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in India.

It was recombined as Tintoriella rajah by Angiolini (1996); it was recombined as Spiriferella rajah by Grabau (1931), Waterhouse (1966), Zhang and Jin (1976), Licharew and Kotlyar (1978), Waterhouse (1978), Lee and Gu (1980), Waterhouse (1983), Nelson and Nelson (1985), Li et al. (1986), Yang et al. (1990), Shi and Shen (1997), Shen and Jin (1999), Shen et al. (2001) and Waterhouse (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. drashei, S. leilhavii, S. minnewankensis, S. saranaeformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Spirifer rajah Salter
1903Spirifer rajah Diener pp. 105, 186 figs. Pl 4, figs 3-5
1915Spirifer rajah Diener p. 86 figs. Pl 9, figs 5,6
1931Spiriferella rajah Grabau p. 148 figs. Pl 22, figs 1,2
1966Spiriferella rajah Waterhouse p. 48 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; pl 3, fig 2; pl 7, figs 1,2,4; pl 11, fig 2; pl 12, fig 2
1976Spiriferella rajah Zhang and Jin p. 215 figs. Pl 17, figs 3-12
1978Spiriferella rajah Licharew and Kotlyar figs. Pl 18, fig 6
1978Spiriferella rajah Waterhouse p. 38 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-7
1980Spiriferella rajah Lee and Gu p. 419 figs. Pl 178, fig 13
1983Spiriferella rajah Waterhouse p. 135 figs. Pl 6, figs 5,6
1985Spiriferella rajah Nelson and Nelson figs. Pl 1, figs 16,17
1986Spiriferella rajah Li et al. figs. Pl 6, fig 3
1990Spiriferella rajah Yang et al. figs. Pl 25, fig 2
1996Tintoriella rajah Angiolini
1997Spiriferella rajah Shi and Shen p. 48 figs. 6A-I
1999Spiriferella rajah Shen and Jin p. 557 figs. 3.17-3.20
2001Spiriferella rajah Shen et al. p. 167 figs. 6.1-6.11, 7.1-7.16
2004Spiriferella rajah Waterhouse

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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
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusSpiriferella()
speciesrajah()

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.

†Spiriferella rajah Salter 1865
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1966Ventral valve elongated, domed, heavily thickened, with incurved massive umbo and narrow cardinal extremities, plicae strong, interspaces narrow, sulcus comparatively shallow, its angle diminishing anteriorly. Distinguished from typical rajah by smaller cardinal extremities and fewer costae.