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Alexenia protexta

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Alexenia protexta was named by Jin and Ye (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 42663 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maerkehedong XIV F216, Baiyusi, Jiuzhi County, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Alexenia protexta Jin and Ye p. 91 figs. Pl 26, figs 12-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
subfamilyProductinaeGray 1840
tribeSpyridiophorini()
genusAlexenia
speciesprotexta

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.

Alexenia protexta Jin and Ye 1979
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Diagnosis
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