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Stenoscisma multicostum

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Stenoscisma multicosta was named by Stehli (1954). Its type specimen is AMNH 27316 and is not a trace fossil.

It was corrected as Stenoscisma multicostum by Grant (1965), Cooper and Grant (1976) and Liao (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. crumena, S. gjelis, S. laevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Stenoscisma multicosta Stehli p. 339 figs. Pl 25, figs 7-9
1965Stenoscisma multicostum Grant p. 148 figs. Pl 19, figs 3,3a
1976Stenoscisma multicostum Cooper and Grant p. 2100 figs. Pl 553, figs 28-32; pl 565, figs 33-45
1979Stenoscisma multicostum Liao p. 539 figs. Pl 3, fig 23; text-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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
subfamilyStenoscismatinaeOehlert 1887
genusStenoscismaConrad 1839
speciesmulticostum()

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.

†Stenoscisma multicostum Stehli 1954
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Diagnosis
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