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Conularia splendida

Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae

Taxonomy
Conularia splendida was named by Billings (1866). Its type specimen is Canadian National Museum 2157 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carleton Point, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone/shale in the Vaureal Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Conularia splendida Billings p. 21
1928Conularia splendida Twenhofel p. 256 figs. Plate XXVII, figure 9
2013Conularia splendida Robson and Young p. 779 fig. 4.13–4.15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classScyphozoaGoette 1887
Paleoscyphozoa
Conulatae(Moore and Harrington 1956)
RankNameAuthor
orderConulariidaMiller and Gurley 1896
suborderConulariinaMiller and Gurley 1896
familyConulariidaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyConulariinaeWalcott 1886
genusConularia
speciessplendida

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Conularia splendida Billings 1866
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. P. Robson and G. A. Young 2013Transverse ribs form bell-shaped curve deflected towards the aperture and continue across corner groove uninterrupted; ribs closely spaced, numbering 46 per cm. Rib nodes hemispherical, closely spaced, numbering seven per mm. Interspace ridges low, extending from base of node on the transverse rib nearest the aperture to a space between two adjacent nodes on rib nearest the apex.