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Acolosia glabra

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pontisiidae

Taxonomy
Acolosia glabra was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 148173e, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM706c, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Acolosia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Acolosia glabra Cooper and Grant p. 2053 figs. Pl 513, figs 42-56

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyPontisiidaeCooper and Grant 1976
subfamilyAcolosiinaeSavage 1996
genusAcolosia
speciesglabra

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.

Acolosia glabra Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
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