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Bystromena perplexa

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae

Taxonomy
Bystromena perplexa was named by Williams (1974). Its type specimen is BB 35363, a valve (ventral valve internal mould), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Bystromena perplexa Williams p. 146 figs. pl. 25, fig. 14; pl. 26, figs 3–14; pl. 27, figs 1–2
2010Bystromena perplexa Cocks pp. 1180 - 1181 figs. Plate 6, figures 11–15

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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
familyGlyptomenidaeWilliams 1965
subfamilyGlyptomeninaeWilliams 1965
genusBystromenaWilliams 1974
speciesperplexa

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.

†Bystromena perplexa Williams 1974
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Diagnosis
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