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Aperispirifer nelsonensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Taxonomy
Neospirifer nelsonensis was named by Waterhouse (1964). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 500 and is a mold.

It was recombined as Trigonotreta nelsonensis by Hyden et al. (1982); it was recombined as Aperispirifer nelsonensis by Waterhouse (1982) and Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Neospirifer nelsonensis Waterhouse p. 135 figs. Pl 26, figs 2-8; pl 27, figs 2,5; text-figs 56-58,59B,64-66
1982Trigonotreta nelsonensis Hyden et al. fig. 2
1982Aperispirifer nelsonensis Waterhouse p. 55 figs. Pl 14h,i
2004Aperispirifer nelsonensis Waterhouse

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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
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familyTrigonotretidae
subfamilyTrigonotretinae
genusAperispirifer
speciesnelsonensis()

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.

Aperispirifer nelsonensis Waterhouse 1964
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Diagnosis
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