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Crenispirifer alpheus

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferina alpha was named by Huang (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ts'ingyen, Locality T306, Wanch'ang, Kueiyang-hsien, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in China.

It was recombined as Punctospirifer alpheus by Tong (1978), Liao (1980), Wang et al. (1982), Liao (1987) and Liang (1990); it was recombined as Crenispirifer alpheus by Shen et al. (2002), Campi et al. (2005), Shen and Zhang (2008) and Shen and Clapham (2009); it was recombined as Paraspiriferina alpha by Xu and Grant (1994) and Chen (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Spiriferina alpha Huang p. 59 figs. Pl 9, figs 2,3
1978Punctospirifer alpheus Tong p. 259 figs. Pl 90, fig 4
1980Punctospirifer alpheus Liao figs. Pl 8, fig 49
1982Punctospirifer alpheus Wang et al. p. 250 figs. Pl 94, fig 11
1987Punctospirifer alpheus Liao figs. Pl 6, figs 3,4
1990Punctospirifer alpheus Liang p. 397 figs. Pl 84, figs 1,2
1994Paraspiriferina alpha Xu and Grant p. 45 figs. 35,36.1-36.25
2002Crenispirifer alpheus Shen et al. p. 679 fig. 6.4,6.5
2005Crenispirifer alpheus Campi et al. p. 146 figs. Pl 8, figs A, E, F, T, V, W
2008Crenispirifer alpheus Shen and Zhang fig. 6.4
2009Paraspiriferina alpha Chen p. 179
2009Crenispirifer alpheus Shen and Clapham p. 738 figs. Pl 7, figs 15-24

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familySpiriferellinidaeIvanova 1972
genusCrenispirifer
speciesalpheus()

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.

Crenispirifer alpheus Huang 1933
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Diagnosis
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