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Nucleospira cunctata

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae

Taxonomy
Nucleospira cunctata was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152453z, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM708u, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Nucleospira cunctata Cooper and Grant p. 2169 figs. Pl 651, figs 45-72
1986Nucleospira cunctata Grunt figs. Pl 17, fig 5

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyNucleospiridaeDavidson 1881
genusNucleospiraHall 1859
speciescunctata

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.

†Nucleospira cunctata Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available