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Megathyridoidea

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida

Taxonomy
Megathyridoidea was named by Dall (1870). It is extant. Its type is Megathiris.

It was assigned to Terebratellidina by Williams et al. (2006), Emig et al. (2013) and Bitner and Müller (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Megathyridoidea Dall
2006Megathyridoidea Williams et al. p. 2217
2013Megathyridoidea Emig et al. p. 77
2017Megathyridoidea Bitner and Müller p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870
superfamilyMegathyridoideaDall 1870

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.

Superfm. Megathyridoidea Dall 1870
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Fm. Megathyrididae Dall 1870
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G. Argyrotheca Dall 1900
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Argyrotheca aequicostata Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca ageriana Taddei Ruggiero 1993
Argyrotheca alavensis Pajaud 1972
Argyrotheca altavillensis de Morgan 1883
Argyrotheca andina Feruglio 1936
Argyrotheca anomala Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca arguta Grant 1983
Argyrotheca australis Blochmann 1910
Argyrotheca barrettiana Davidson 1866
Argyrotheca batalleri Abrard 1927
Argyrotheca beecheri Clark 1895
Argyrotheca bermudezi Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca bitnerae Dulai 2011
Argyrotheca bronnii Roemer 1841
Argyrotheca cistellula Searles-Wood 1841
Argyrotheca clevei Davidson 1874
Argyrotheca collardi Baudon 1855
Argyrotheca coniuncta Steinich 1965
Argyrotheca costulata Seguenza 1866
Argyrotheca crassa Cooper 1977
Argyrotheca dalli Aldrich 1911
Argyrotheca hewatti Cooper 1977
Argyrotheca hirundo Hagenow 1842
Argyrotheca inconstans Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca intercalata Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca kupei Hiller 2008
Argyrotheca lacunosa Stenich 1965
Argyrotheca laevis Cooper 1988
Argyrotheca londinensis Elliott 1954
Argyrotheca lowei Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
Argyrotheca lunula von Koenen 1894
Argyrotheca macneili Cooper 1988
Argyrotheca magnicostata Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca mayi Blochmann 1914
Argyrotheca megalocephala Sandberger 1862
Argyrotheca megapora Zelinskaya 1975
Argyrotheca michelottina Davidson 1870
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Invalid names: Argyrotheca vidali Mallada 1878 [synonym]
Argyrotheca microscopica von Schlotheim 1813
Argyrotheca peculiaris Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca piperipyxis Elliott 1954
Argyrotheca plana Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca plicata de Morgan 1915
Argyrotheca popielae Simon 1992
Argyrotheca quadrata Cooper 1988
Argyrotheca ramshehensis Bitner et al. 2023
Argyrotheca retrorsa Crickmay 1933
Argyrotheca sabandensis Pajaud 1972
Argyrotheca sabaratensis Pajaud 1970
Argyrotheca schrammi Crosse and Fischer 1866
Argyrotheca semicostata Cooper 1988
Argyrotheca semicostata Baudon 1855
Argyrotheca serrata Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca squamata Eichwald 1830
Argyrotheca stevensis Nielsen 1928
Argyrotheca subcordata Boettger 1901
Argyrotheca sublamellosa Cooper 1979
Argyrotheca tokodensis Bitner and Dulai 2008
Argyrotheca zenobiae Elliott 1960
Invalid names: Cistellarcula Elliott 1954 [synonym]
G. †Borellithyris Dulai 2019
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Borellithyris gaetanii Dulai 2019
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Bronnothyris danaperensis Bitner and Müller 2017
Bronnothyris rugosa Schreiber 1871
Bronnothyris subradiata Sandberger 1862
G. Joania Alvarez et al. 2008
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Joania cordata Risso 1826
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Invalid names: Argyrotheca subcuneata Boettger 1901 [synonym], Cistella laevigata deMorgan 1915 [synonym], Cistella marie deMorgan 1915 [synonym], Cistella zboroviensis Friedberg 1921 [synonym]
Joania crenata Sandberger 1862
Joania dertomutinensis Sacco 1902
Joania falunica de Morgan 1915
Joania peyrerensis Bitner et al. 2013
Joania ukrainica Bitner and Müller 2017
G. Megathiris d'Orbigny 1847
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Megathiris bidiscoidea Simon 1992
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Invalid names: Argiope multicostata Bosquet 1864 [synonym], Megathiris decollata Chemnitz 1785 [replaced]
Megathyris barroisi Shulgin 1884
Megathyris capensis Jackson 1952
Invalid names: Argiope Eudes-Deslongchamps 1842 [replaced]
G. †Phragmothyris Cooper 1955
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Phragmothyris costellata Cooper 1955
Phragmothyris cubensis Cooper 1955
Phragmothyris palmeri Cooper 1955
Phragmothyris rotunda Cooper 1955
Phragmothyris subplana Cooper 1955
Fm. †Praeargyrothecidae MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
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G. †Evargyrotheca MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
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Evargyrotheca alta Smirnova 1972
G. †Krimargyrotheca MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
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Krimargyrotheca balkii MacKinnon and Smirnova 1995
Krimargyrotheca concinna Smirnova 1972
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Praeargyrotheca hexaplicata Smirnova 1972
Praeargyrotheca megatrema Sowerby 1836
Praeargyrotheca quadricostata Nekvasilova 1985
Invalid names: Smirnovaena [synonym]
Fm. Thaumatosiidae Cooper 1973
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G. Thaumatosia Cooper 1973
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Thaumatosia anomala Cooper 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available