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Canalisella leviplica

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferella leviplica was named by Waterhouse and Waddington (1982). Its type specimen is GSC 30799 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-4074, Blind Fiord, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the van Hauen Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Canalisella.

It was recombined as Canalisella leviplica by Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Spiriferella leviplica Waterhouse and Waddington p. 26 figs. Pl 7, figs 5-11
2004Canalisella leviplica Waterhouse

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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
subfamilySpiriferellinaeWaterhouse 1968
genusCanalisella
speciesleviplica()

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.

Canalisella leviplica Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available