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Retichonetes perchaensis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae

Taxonomy
Retichonetes perchaensis was named by Cooper and Dutro (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 201122, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. arenarius, R. vicinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Retichonetes perchaensis Cooper and Dutro p. 59 figs. pl. 11 f. 26-36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyChonetoidea
familyChonetidaeBronn 1862
subfamilyRetichonetinaeMuir-Wood 1962
genusRetichonetes
speciesperchaensis

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.

†Retichonetes perchaensis Cooper and Dutro 1982
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982Strongly swollen, subquadrate Retichonetes having three costae to the mm at the anterior of an adult.