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Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) harperi

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Taxonomy
Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) harperi was named by Cocks (2010) [= 1871 Strophomena rhomboidalis (Wilckens); Davidson, p. 281 pars, pl. 39, fig. 21, non figs 1–20; nec pl. 44, fig. 1. = 1963 Kiaeromena cf. kjerulfi (Holtedahl); Williams, p. 464, pl. 16, figs 1–5, 8. = 1974 Kiaeromena cf. kjerulfi (Holtedahl); Williams, p. 149, pl. 27, figs 6, 10–11. = 2008 Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) cf. kjerulfi (Holtedahl); Cocks, p. 55.]. Its type specimen is BC 58569, a valve (ventral valve internal mould), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is quarry SW of Gaerfawr Hill, near Welshpool, Gaer Fawr Fm., which is in a Longvillian/Woolstonian carbonate horizon in the Gaer Fawr Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) harperi Cocks pp. 1176-1177 figs. Plate 5 figures 9–12, Plate 6 figures 1–4

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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
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyRafinesquinidaeSchuchert 1893
genusKiaeromenaSpjeldnaes 1957
subgenusKiaeromenaSpjeldnaes 1957
speciesharperi

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Cocks 2010Medium to large Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) with relatively large curved ventral muscle-bounding ridges, which are well impressed and threequarters as wide as long.