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Dereta pectita

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebrataliidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula pectita was named by Sowerby (1816). Its type specimen is BMNH B61622, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horningsham, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone/sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Dereta.

It was recombined as Dereta pectita by Elliott (1959) and Owen (1988).

Subspecies
D. ballardensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Terebratula pectita Sowerby p. 83 figs. Pl. 138, Fig. 1
1959Dereta pectita Elliott p. 147
1988Dereta pectita Owen p. 158 figs. 29-30; Pl. 17, Fig. 10-15

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyLaqueoideaThomson 1927
familyTerebrataliidaeRichardson 1975
subfamilyTrigonoseminaeElliott 1965
genusDereta
speciespectita(Sowerby 1816)

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.

†Dereta pectita Sowerby 1816
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Diagnosis
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