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Hyolithes mantouensis

Hyolithida - Hyolithidae

Taxonomy
Hyolithes mantouensis was named by Resser and Endo (1937) [COMMENTS: Poor preservation of type specimens for this species renders it's diagnosis incomplete and it's generic identifications doubtful. TYPE SPECIMEN: = lectotype. TAPHONOMY: The lectotype retains some scattered shell fragments with lirae on the exterior; some paralectotypes have smaller, less well preserved, shell fragments adhering to the exterior, and some have no shell material at all.]. Its type specimen is USNM 86719-B, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Hyolithes mantouensis Resser and Endo
1990Hyolithes mantouensis Malinky p. 236

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderHyolithidaMathew 1962
familyHyolithidaeNicholson 1889
genusHyolithes
speciesmantouensisResser and Endo 1937

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.

†Hyolithes mantouensis Resser and Endo 1937
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Diagnosis
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