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Brachyprion leda

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Discussion

Formerly Strophomena leda Billings (1860). See opinion history.

Taxonomy
Strophomena leda was named by Billings (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Brachyprion, Brachyprion (Brachyprion).

It was recombined as Brachyprion (Brachyprion) leda by Dewing (1999); it was recombined as Brachyprion leda by Bassett and Cocks (1974), Jin and Chatterton (1997) and Rubel (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. costatula, B. inflata, Stropheodonta seretensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Brachyprion leda Bassett and Cocks
1997Brachyprion leda Jin and Chatterton
1999Brachyprion (Brachyprion) leda Dewing pp. 60-65 figs. Pl. 26, figs. 11-15; Pl. 27, figs. 1-15; Pl. 28, figs. 1-6; Text-figs. 57-58
2011Brachyprion leda Rubel

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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
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyLeptostrophiidaeCaster 1939
genusBrachyprionShaler 1865
speciesleda(Billings 1860)

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.

†Brachyprion leda Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
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