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Gryphus vitrea

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Anomia vitrea was named by Born (1778). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Gryphus.

It was recombined as Terebratula vitrea by Born (1778); it was recombined as Gryphus vitreus by Cooper (1979) and Cooper (1983); it was recombined as Gryphus vitrea by Bitner and Martinell (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Terebratula vitrea Born
1979Gryphus vitreus Cooper p. 12 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 32-36
1983Gryphus vitreus Cooper p. 264 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-12
2001Gryphus vitrea Bitner and Martinell p. 181

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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
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyGryphinaeSahni 1929
genusGryphusMegerle von Mühlfeld 1811
speciesvitrea(Born 1778)

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.

Gryphus vitrea Born 1778
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Diagnosis
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