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Biconostrophia

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Carinatinidae

Taxonomy
Biconostrophia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Atrypida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carinatinidae by Williams et al. (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Biconostrophia Sepkoski
2002Cherkesovaena Sepkoski
2002Davidsoniatrypa Sepkoski
2002Biconostrophia Williams et al. p. 1446

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderDavidsoniidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyDavidsonioideaKing 1850
familyCarinatinidaeRzhonsnitskaya 1960
genusBiconostrophia

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.

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Invalid names: Cherkesovaena [synonym], Davidsoniatrypa [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available