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Cyphomena (Cyphomenoidea)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Cyphomena (Cyphomenoidea) was named by Cocks (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: S (Ldov-u) S (Ldov-u). Refs 24, 27]. Its type is Leptaena wisgoriensis.

It was corrected as Cyphomena (Cyphomenoides) by Jones et al. (1969) and Bassett and Cocks (1974); it was Bellimurina (Cyphomenoidea) by Williams et al. (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Bellimurina by Hoel (2011); it was reranked as Cyphomenoidea by Sepkoski (2002) and Cocks (2019).

It was assigned to Cyphomena by Cocks (1968) and Jones et al. (1969); to Leptaeninae by Bassett and Cocks (1974); to Bellimurina by Williams et al. (2000); to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Furcitellinae by Cocks (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Cyphomena (Cyphomenoidea) Cocks p. 49
1969Cyphomena (Cyphomenoides) Jones et al.
1974Cyphomena (Cyphomenoides) Bassett and Cocks
2000Bellimurina (Cyphomenoidea) Williams et al. p. 227
2002Cyphomenoidea Sepkoski
2019Cyphomenoidea Cocks p. 40

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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)
genusCyphomenaUlrich and Cooper 1942
subgenusCyphomenoidea

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.

Subg. †Cyphomena (Cyphomenoidea) Cocks 1968
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Diagnosis
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