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Opikina clara

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Taxonomy
Rafinesquina clara was named by Okulitch (1935). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Peter Redpath Museum Spec., a shell.

It was recombined as Opikina clara by Salmon (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Rafinesquina clara Okulitch p. 97 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1
1942Opikina clara Salmon p. 597 figs. pl. 87, fig. 28

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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
familyStrophomenidaeKing 1846
genusOpikina
speciesclara()

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.

Opikina clara Okulitch 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available