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Spiriferella arctica

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spirifer arcticus was named by Haughton (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bathurst Island, north coast, which is in a Permian marine limestone in Canada.

It was recombined as Spiriferella arctica by Waterhouse and Waddington (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. drashei, S. leilhavii, S. minnewankensis, S. saranaeformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Spirifer arcticus Haughton p. 243 figs. Pl 9, fig 1
1982Spiriferella arctica Waterhouse and Waddington

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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
genusSpiriferella()
speciesarctica()

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.

†Spiriferella arctica Haughton 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available