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Comelicania merlai

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Comelicania merlai was named by Posenato (1998). Its type specimen is MDSGF PK52, a valve (ventral valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sass di Putia, Bed PK53, which is in a Changhsingian open shallow subtidal wackestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Comelicania merlai Posenato
2001Comelicania merlai Posenato p. 224 figs. Pl 3, figs 15,17,18

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilyComelicaniinaeMerla 1930
genusComelicania
speciesmerlai

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.

†Comelicania merlai Posenato 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available