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Colophragma ellipticum

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae

Taxonomy
Colophragma ellipticum was named by Cooper and Dutro (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 200921, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Colophragma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Colophragma ellipticum Cooper and Dutro pp. 77 - 78 figs. Plate 16, figures 49-58: plate 17, figure s 1-3; plate 18. figures 3-7; plate 40, figures 11-19

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyPugnacidaeRzonsnitzkaja 1956
genusColophragma
speciesellipticum

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.

Colophragma ellipticum Cooper and Dutro 1982
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. Cooper and J. T. Dutro 1982Broadly elliptical Colophragma having two costae in the sulcus and two on the flanks.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013
Collections
No collection or age range data are available