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Megamyonia vaurealensis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Leptaena vaurealensis was named by Twenhofel (1928) [Leptaena? vaurealensis = Strophomena imbrex Billings (not Pander), Pal. Foss., vol. I, p. 128, fig. 106 (1862) = Strophomena imbrex Billings, Cat. Sil. Foss., Anticosti, p. 11, 1866; = Strophomena imbrex Miller, N. Am. Geol. and Pal., p. 382, 1889; = Rafinesquina imbrex Schuchert, U.S. Geol. Surv., Bull. 87, p. 338 (1897).].

It was recombined as Megamyonia vaurealensis by Jin et al. (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Leptaena vaurealensis Twenhofel pp. 186 - 187 figs. Plate XVI, figures 10, 11
1997Megamyonia vaurealensis Jin et al. pp. 32 - 33 figs. Plate 14, figures 9-12; Plate 15, figures 1-12; Plate 16, figures 1-8; Figure 14

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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
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyFurcitellidae(Williams 1965)
genusMegamyoniaWang 1949
speciesvaurealensis()

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.

†Megamyonia vaurealensis Twenhofel 1928
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Diagnosis
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