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Becscia scissura

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae

Taxonomy
Becscia scissura was named by Copper (1995). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Gs79483. It is the type species of Becscia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Becscia scissura Copper pp. 854 - 855 figs. 5.11-5.20, 10, 11

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderLissatrypidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyLissatrypoideaTwenhofel 1914
familySeptatrypidaeKozlowski 1929
subfamilySeptatrypinaeKozlowski 1929
genusBecscia
speciesscissura

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.

Becscia scissura Copper 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Copper 1995Small, nearly equidimensional shell with two very strong ventral ribs flanked by weak lateral ribs, small, ventral anterior fold; mediodorsal spiralia with ~4-5 revolutions.