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Atactosia obtusa

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Taxonomy
Terebratula obtusa was named by Sowerby (1818).

It was recombined as Atactosia obtusa by Cooper (1983); it was recombined as Meristina obtusa by Bassett and Cocks (1974) and Musteikis and Modzalevskaya (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Terebratula obtusa Sowerby
1825Terebratula obtusa Sowerby
1861Merista tumida Dalman
1974Meristina obtusa Bassett and Cocks
1983Atactosia obtusa Cooper p. 173 figs. Pl 58, figs 9-22
2002Meristina obtusa Musteikis and Modzalevskaya

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilyRectithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusAtactosia
speciesobtusa(Sowerby 1818)

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.

Atactosia obtusa Sowerby 1818
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Invalid names: Merista tumida Dalman 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available