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Pontaltorhynchia schopeni

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchonella schopeni was named by Di Stefano (1886). It is not extant. It is the type species of Pontaltorhynchia.

It was recombined as Pontaltorhynchia schopeni by Owen and Rose (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Rhynchonella schopeni Di Stefano p. 68 figs. Pl 2, figs 45a-c, 46a-c
1997Pontaltorhynchia schopeni Owen and Rose p. 505 figs. Pl 1, figs 12-17; text-fig 2G-H, 3

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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
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyTetrarhynchiinaeAger 1965
genusPontaltorhynchia
speciesschopeni(Di Stefano 1886)

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.

†Pontaltorhynchia schopeni Di Stefano 1886
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Diagnosis
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