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Capillithyris

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Capillithyrididae

Taxonomy
Capillithyris is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Terebratula capillata. It is the type genus of Capillithyrididae, Capillithyridinae.

It was assigned to Brachiopoda by Vörös (1995); to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Capillithyridinae by Williams et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Capillarina Cooper p. 177
1995Capillithyris Vörös
2002Capillarina Sepkoski
2002Capillithyris Sepkoski
2006Capillithyris Williams et al. p. 2071

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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
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyCapillithyrididae
subfamilyCapillithyridinae
genusCapillithyris

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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Capillithyris capillata Archiac 1847
Capillithyris squamosa Mantell 1822
Invalid names: Capillarina Cooper 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available