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Christiania bilobata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Christianiidae

Taxonomy
Christiania tenuicincta bilobata was named by Reed (1917).

It was recombined as Christiania bilobata by Williams (1962) and Candela and Harper (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Christiania tenuicincta bilobata Reed p. 902 figs. Plate XVIII, fig. 19
1962Christiania bilobata Williams pp. 196 - 197 figs. Pl. XIX, figs. 2, 3, 6, 10
2014Christiania bilobata Candela and Harper pp. Supplement 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyChristianiidaeWilliams 1953
genusChristianiaHall and Clarke 1892
speciesbilobata()

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.

Christiania bilobata Reed 1917
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Williams 1962Elongately quadrate and auriculate Christiania with the anterior and postero-median portions of the valves strongly concavo-convex but flattening out postero-laterally to form a pair of plane triangular areas; ornamentation including well-developed concentric growth-lines and fine radial costellae; dental lamellae narrowly divergent and almost one-third as long as the pedicle valve; dorsal septa straight and subparallel; adductor muscle-scars confined anteriorly by a pair of curved ridges and divided obliquely by a pair of low divergent ridges.