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Stenoscisma japonica

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae

Taxonomy
Stenoscisma japonica was named by Yanagida and Nishikawa (1984). Its type specimen is GK-D 31602, a shell (Conjoined shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kogoro K-2, Hiroshima Prefecture, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Kawai Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Stenoscisma japonica Yanagida and Nishikawa p. 169 figs. Pl 16, fig 8; pl 17, figs 1-3

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
suborderStenoscismatidina
superfamilyStenoscismatoideaOehlert 1887
familyStenoscismatidaeOehlert 1887
subfamilyStenoscismatinaeOehlert 1887
genusStenoscismaConrad 1839
speciesjaponica

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.

Stenoscisma japonica Yanagida and Nishikawa 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available