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Fletcherithyris galbina

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Fletcherithyris galbina was named by Waterhouse (1982). Its type specimen is NZGS BR 884, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Fletcherithyris galbina Waterhouse p. 60 figs. Pl 14c-f,15b-d,16a-k; text-figs 24-26
1987Fletcherithyris galbina Waterhouse p. 46 figs. Pl 13, fig 11

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDielasmatoideaSchuchert 1913
familyDielasmatidaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyDielasmatinaeSchuchert 1913
genusFletcherithyris
speciesgalbina

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.

†Fletcherithyris galbina Waterhouse 1982
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Small inflated shells with extended ventral umbo, maximum width placed well forward, low median ventral groove; septalium with almost straight anterior margin, beak angle 70-90°.