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Volirhynchia tommasi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Sinorhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella tommasii was named by Bittner (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Terzadia, Friuli, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Volirhynchia tommasi by Pálfy (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Rhynchonella tommasii Bittner p. 53
1988Volirhynchia tommasi Pálfy p. 30 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; text-fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familySinorhynchiidaeXu and Liu 1983
genusVolirhynchia
speciestommasi()

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.

†Volirhynchia tommasi Bittner 1890
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Diagnosis
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