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Raunites venusta

Strophomenata - Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae

Taxonomy
Rauna venusta was named by Opik (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wassilkowo, which is in a Volkhov open shallow subtidal limestone in the Volkhov Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Raunites venusta by Wright and Rubel (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Rauna venusta Opik pp. 145-146 figs. pl. 25: 1a,b; pl. 26: 1; pl. 27: 1; text-tab. 33-I Rauna venusta Öpik, 1934: Alichova, 1960, lk. , j
1996Raunites venusta Wright and Rubel p. 706 figs. 509, 2d

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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
orderBillingsellida
suborderClitambonitidinaOpik 1934
superfamilyPolytoechioideaOpik 1934
familyPolytoechiidaeOpik 1934
genusRaunites
speciesvenusta()

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.

†Raunites venusta Opik 1934
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Diagnosis
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