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Maydenella asymmetrica

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae

Taxonomy
Maydenella asymmetrica was named by Laurie (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Maydenella asymmetrica Laurie
2008Maydenella asymmetrica Jin and Popov pp. 233, Appendix 2

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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
orderPentameridaSchuchert and Cooper 1931
suborderSyntrophiidinaUlrich and Cooper 1936
superfamilyCamerelloideaHall and Clarke 1894
familyParastrophinidaeUlrich and Cooper 1938
genusMaydenella
speciesasymmetricaLaurie 1991

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Maydenella asymmetrica Laurie 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Jin and L. E. Popov 2008Rudimentary strophic shell with a very narrow ventral interarea as it was shown in the original description. The inner hinge plates converge onto a low median septum posteriorly