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Whitspakia biplex

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae

Taxonomy
Dielasma biplex was named by Waagen (1882).

It was recombined as Dielasma (Heterelasma) biplex by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Pakistania biplex by Stehli (1961); it was recombined as Whitspakia biplex by Stehli (1964), Fantini Sestini (1965), Fantini Sestini (1965) and Angiolini and Carabelli (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Dielasma biplex Waagen p. 349 figs. Pl 25, figs 3-5
1897Dielasma biplex Diener p. 74 figs. Pl 11, figs 6,7,?5
1915Dielasma biplex Diener p. 98 figs. Pl 10, figs 10,11
1944Dielasma (Heterelasma) biplex Reed p. 162 figs. Pl 50, fig 9
1961Pakistania biplex Stehli p. 463
1964Whitspakia biplex Stehli p. 610
1965Whitspakia biplex Fantini Sestini p. 80 figs. Pl 8, fig 2
1977Dielasma biplex Yang et al. p. 468 figs. Pl 188, fig 6
1982Dielasma biplex Wang et al. p. 256 figs. Pl 96, fig 22
2010Whitspakia biplex Angiolini and Carabelli p. 84 figs. Pl 5, figs 31,32

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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
genusWhitspakia
speciesbiplex()

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.

Whitspakia biplex Waagen 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available