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Isophragma extensum tricostatum

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae

Taxonomy
Isophragma extensum tricostatum was named by Williams (1962). Its type specimen is BB.27545, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Isophragma extensum tricostatum Williams p. 162 figs. Pl. XV, figs. 5, 7, 8-13
2014Isophragma extensum tricostatum Candela and Harper pp. Supplement 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyPlectambonitidaeKozlowski 1929
subfamilyTaphrodontinaeCooper 1956
genusIsophragmaCooper 1956
speciesextensum
subspeciestricostatum

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Williams 1962Semicircular Isophragma, initially with a dorsal median sulcus that passes into a low fold at about the 4-mm. growth-stage, ornamentation finely multicostellate with a modal count of 6 costellae per millimetre antero-medianly, median and 2 sublateral costae conspicuously thickened; submedian septa of the brachial valve slightly less than three-quarters as long as the valve and only slightly divergent, being less than one-quarter of their length apart anteriorly.