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Purdonella merlai

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Taxonomy
Purdonella merlai was named by Fantini Sestini (1965). Its type specimen is MPUM P1871 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Camp Staghar glacier front, which is in a Roadian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Shaksgam Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Purdonella merlai Fantini Sestini p. 198 figs. Pl 24, figs 10-13

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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()
familySpiriferidae
subfamilyPurdonellinaePoletaev 1986
genusPurdonella()
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.

†Purdonella merlai Fantini Sestini 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available