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Rallacosta actina

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Taxonomy
Rallacosta actina was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 152971d, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Rallacosta actina Cooper and Grant p. 2278 figs. Pl 647, figs 1-37

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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
superfamilyMartinioidea
familyMartiniidae
subfamilyEomartiniopsinaeCarter 1994
genusRallacosta
speciesactina

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.

†Rallacosta actina Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available