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Camerella mica

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae

Taxonomy
Camerella mica was named by Nikitina et al. (2006). Its type specimen is USNM 485076, a valve (complete shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 126. Section II. Eastern side of the Kopalysai valley, which is in an Abereiddian carbonate limestone in the Uzunbulak Formation of Kazakhstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Camerella mica Nikitina et al. pp. 205 - 207 figs. 37.7–9; 39A

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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
familyCamerellidaeHall and Clarke 1894
subfamilyCamerellinaeHall and Clarke 1894
genusCamerellaBillings 1859
speciesmica

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.

Camerella mica Nikitina et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. I. Nikitina et al. 2006Shell small for the genus, equally biconvex, subcircular in outline, lacking dorsal fold and ventral sulcus, with 9-12 costae that originate beyond mid-length.