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Prospira

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Taxonomy
Prospira is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiriferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prospirinae by Waterhouse (2004) and Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Prospira Sepkoski
2004Prospira Waterhouse
2006Prospira Williams et al. p. 1775

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferidae
subfamilyProspirinaeCarter 1974
genusProspira

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. †Prospira
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Prospira burnettensis Maxwell 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available