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Arcullina polaris

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer polaris was named by Wiman (1914). It is the type species of Arcullina.

It was recombined as Spiriferella polaris by Coogan (1960) and Barchatova (1970); it was recombined as Arcullina polaris by Waterhouse (1986), Kalashnikov (1998) and Waterhouse (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Spirifer polaris Wiman
1960Spiriferella polaris Coogan p. 294 figs. Pl 27, figs 1, 2; text-fig 21a,b
1968Spiriferella digna Barchatova p. 161 figs. Pl 46, fig 3
1970Spiriferella polaris Barchatova
1970Spiriferella timanica Barchatova
1986Arcullina polaris Waterhouse p. 4
1998Arcullina polaris Kalashnikov p. 61 figs. Pl 16, figs 1,2; pl 17, figs 5-7; pl 18, fig 1
2004Arcullina polaris Waterhouse

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusArcullina
speciespolaris(Wiman 1914)

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.

Arcullina polaris Wiman 1914
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Invalid names: Spiriferella digna Barchatova 1968 [synonym], Spiriferella timanica Barchatova 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available