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Hesperomena canadensis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae

Taxonomy
Hesperomena canadensis was named by Norford and Ross (1978). Its type specimen is GSC 42596, a shell (brachial), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 64561. North White River Section, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone/chert in the Skoki Formation of British Columbia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Hesperomena canadensis Norford and Ross pp. 2 - 3 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-12; pl. 2 f. 7-8, 11-17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyHesperomenidaeCooper 1956
genusHesperomena
speciescanadensis

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.

†Hesperomena canadensis Norford and Ross 1978
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Diagnosis
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