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Mesoleptostrophia filosa

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Orthis filosa was named by Sowerby (1839). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Stropheodonta (Leptostrophia) filosa by Reed (1917); it was recombined as Leptostrophia filosa by Holland (1963) and Bassett and Cocks (1974); it was recombined as Mesoleptostrophia filosa by Hoel (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Orthis filosa Sowerby
1839Orthis filosa de Sowerby and Murchison
1917Stropheodonta (Leptostrophia) filosa Reed p. 895
1963Leptostrophia filosa Holland
1974Leptostrophia filosa Bassett and Cocks
2011Mesoleptostrophia filosa Hoel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyLeptostrophiidaeCaster 1939
genusMesoleptostrophiaHarper and Boucot 1978
speciesfilosa(Sowerby 1839)

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.

†Mesoleptostrophia filosa Sowerby 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available