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Orthis testudinaria

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Orthidae

Taxonomy
Orthis testudinaria was named by Dalman (1828). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Orthis (Dalmanella) testudinaria by Reed (1917); it was recombined as Dalmanella testudinaria by Alikhova (1953), Williams and Wright (1963), Temple (1965), Bergström (1968), Havlícek (1977), Cocks (1982), Walker (1982), Jin and Chatterton (1997), Jin and Zhan (2008), Rubel (2011), Cocks (2014) and Hints and Harper (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. arcuata, O. dehmollaensis, O. resupinata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Orthis testudinaria Dalman
1884Orthis testudinaria Walcott p. 72 figs. Plate xi, figs. 10, 10 a
1917Orthis (Dalmanella) testudinaria Reed p. 854
1951Dalmanella biconvexa Williams pp. 95 - 96 figs. Text-fig. 4, P1. IV, figs. 1-6
1953Dalmanella testudinaria Alikhova
1963Dalmanella testudinaria Williams and Wright p. 29 figs. pI. 2, figs. 7, 8, 11-13, 16-19
1965Dalmanella testudinaria Temple p. 383 figs. pI. 3, figs. 1-7; pI. 4, figs. 1-6; pI. 5, figs. 1-7; pI. 6, figs. 1- 7
1968Dalmanella testudinaria Bergström p. 8 figs. pI. 2, fig. 5
1977Dalmanella testudinaria Havlícek p. 137 figs. pI. 32, figs. 1-15, 18, 19,23; pI. 56, fig. 13
1982Dalmanella testudinaria Cocks p. 760 figs. Plate 79, figs. 4-12
1982Dalmanella testudinaria Walker
1997Dalmanella testudinaria Jin and Chatterton
2008Dalmanella testudinaria Jin and Zhan p. 36
2011Dalmanella testudinaria Rubel
2014Dalmanella testudinaria Cocks p. 63
2015Dalmanella testudinaria Hints and Harper

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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
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyOrthidaeWoodward 1852
genusOrthisDalman 1828
speciestestudinaria

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.

†Orthis testudinaria Dalman 1828
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available