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Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Acanthothirididae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella (Cryptorhynchia) kawhiana was named by Trechmann (1923). Its type specimen is BMNH B 48949, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ohineruru Bay, Totara Peninsula, Kawhia (R15/f8027), which is in an Oxfordian marine sandstone in New Zealand. It is the type species of Kawhiarhynchia.

It was recombined as Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana by MacFarlan (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Rhynchonella (Cryptorhynchia) kawhiana Trechmann p. 283 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-3
1992Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana MacFarlan p. 257 figs. Pl 31, figs 1-27; text-fig 24.1a-c, 24.2

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyAcanthothirididaeSchuchert 1913
subfamilyAcanthothiridinaeSchuchert 1913
genusKawhiarhynchia
specieskawhiana(Trechmann 1923)

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.

†Kawhiarhynchia kawhiana Trechmann 1923
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Diagnosis
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