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Spiriferella

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferina (Spiriferella) was named by Tschernyschew (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 417,1066,1142].

It was Spirifer (Spiriferella) by Reed (1944); it was reranked as Spiriferella by Sepkoski (2002), Shen et al. (2003), Waterhouse (2004) and Williams et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Spiriferina by Tschernyschew (1902); to Spirifer by Reed (1944); to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Spiriferellinae by Waterhouse (2004); and to Spiriferellidae by Shen et al. (2003) and Williams et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Spiriferina (Spiriferella) Tschernyschew
1944Spirifer (Spiriferella) Reed p. 209
1996Tintoriella Angiolini
2002Spiriferella Sepkoski
2003Spiriferella Shen et al. p. 81
2004Spiriferella Waterhouse
2006Spiriferella Williams et al. p. 1805

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusSpiriferella()

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.

G. †Spiriferella Tschernyschew 1902
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Spiriferella antefurcata Liu and Waterhouse 1985
Spiriferella arctica Haughton 1858
Spiriferella bituchensis Abramov 1974
Spiriferella borealica Kalashnikov 1998
Spiriferella burgaliensis Zavodowsky 1968
Spiriferella calcarata Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferella clypeata Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferella consimilis Abramov and Grigorieva 1988
Spiriferella embrithes Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferella gloverae Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferella gravis Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferella grunti Waterhouse 2004
Spiriferella hinganensis Lee and Su 1980
Spiriferella hoskingae Archbold and Thomas 1985
Spiriferella interplicata Rothpletz 1892
Spiriferella keilhavii von Buch 1847
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Invalid names: Spirifer draschei Toula 1875 [synonym], Spirifer wilczecki Toula 1873 [synonym]
Spiriferella keilhaviiformis Fredericks 1916
Spiriferella lata Lee and Su 1980
Spiriferella legrandblaini Waterhouse 2004
Spiriferella levis Cooper and Grant 1976
Spiriferella loveni Diener 1903
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Invalid names: Spirifer parryanus Toula 1875 [replaced]
Spiriferella magna Fredericks 1916
Spiriferella modesta Waterhouse 1981
Spiriferella mugunica Pavlova 1991
Spiriferella nepalensis Legrand-Blain 1976
Spiriferella orientensis Archbold and Bird 1989
Spiriferella ovata Lee and Gu 1976
Spiriferella persaranae Grabau 1931
Spiriferella posterosulcata Viaretti et al. 2022
Spiriferella primaeva Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
Spiriferella propria Cooper and Grant 1976
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Invalid names: Spiriferella parva Cooper 1957 [synonym]
Spiriferella pseudotibetana Stepanov 1937
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Invalid names: Spiriferella nalivkini Kulikov 1939 [synonym]
Spiriferella rajah Salter 1865
Spiriferella salteri Tschernyschew 1902
Spiriferella saranae de Verneuil 1845
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Invalid names: Spiriferella kolymaensis Zavodowsky 1970 [synonym]
Spiriferella scobina Meek 1860
Spiriferella scobinoidea Cooper 1953
Spiriferella simplex Grabau 1931
Spiriferella sinica Zhang 1976
Spiriferella subsalteri Shen et al. 2003
Spiriferella sulcifer Shumard 1858
Spiriferella supplanta Waterhouse 1964
Spiriferella tetralobata Lee and Gu 1976
Spiriferella turusica Chernyak 1963
Spiriferella vaskovskii Zavodowsky 1968
Spiriferella vojnowskii Ifanova 1972
Spiriferella wangi Liu and Waterhouse 1985
Spiriferella wimanni Grabau 1931
Spiriferella yukonensis Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
Invalid names: Tintoriella Angiolini 1996 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available