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Aphelesia

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Aphelesia was named by Cooper (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Plio-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1]. It is the type genus of Aphelesiinae.

It was assigned to Rhynchonellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aphelesiinae by Cooper (1959), Bitner and Martinell (2001) and Williams et al. (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Aphelesia Cooper p. 41
1976Phapsirhynchia Pajaud p. 102
2001Aphelesia Bitner and Martinell p. 179
2002Aphelesia Sepkoski
2002Phapsirhynchia Sepkoski
2002Aphelesia Williams et al. p. 1210
2002Phapsirhynchia Williams et al. p. 1214

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyAphelesiinae
genusAphelesia

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. †Aphelesia Cooper 1959
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Aphelesia bipartita Brocchi 1814
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Invalid names: Hemithyris acuta Meznerics 1943 [synonym]
Aphelesia margineplicata Philippi 1844
Aphelesia winebergeri Bitner and Schneider 2009
Invalid names: Phapsirhynchia Pajaud 1976 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available