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Spiriferella modesta

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferella modesta was named by Waterhouse (1981). Its type specimen is TBR 174, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is KYNJ, Ko Yao Noi, which is in a Kungurian marine sandstone in the E-Lert Formation of Thailand.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Spiriferella modesta Waterhouse p. 98 figs. Pl 23, figs 2-9; pl 24, figs 1-11; pl 25, figs 1,2
2001Spiriferella modesta Shi et al. figs. Pl 2, fig 17
2021Spiriferella modesta Xu et al. p. 1181 figs. 10.18-10.24

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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()
speciesmodesta

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 modesta Waterhouse 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available