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Platystrophia inferaplica

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Platystrophiidae

Taxonomy

Platystrophia inferaplica was named by Cooper (1930).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. actilirata, P. baueri, P. brachynota, P. cummingsi, P. cypha, P. dalinkevichusi, P. daytonensis, P. equiconvexa, P. evari, P. felis, P. globosa, P. hermitagensis, P. juvensis, P. lesperancei, P. longicardinalis, P. lutkevichi, P. magnisulcata, P. major, P. morrowensis, P. nitida, P. pauciplicata, P. plicatella, P. precedens, P. precedens, P. precursor, P. preponderosa, P. prima, P. rava, P. robusta, P. sera, P. strigosa, P. sublimis, P. sutherlandi, P. uncinata, P. uniplicata, P. uxoris, P. wallowayi, P. auburnensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Platystrophia inferaplica Cooper pp. 268 - 269 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-3
1936	Platystrophia inferaplicata Cooper and Kindle

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Orthidina	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamily	Plectorthoidea	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
family	Platystrophiidae	Schuchert 1929
genus	Platystrophia
species	inferaplica	Cooper 1930

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.

†Platystrophia inferaplica Cooper 1930

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 09:55:46

Modified:

2009-07-20 15:28:02

Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Gamachian or 449.50000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Gamachian	451.0 - 443.1	Canada (Quebec)	Platystrophia inferaplicata (37794 37796)
Richmondian - Gamachian	449.6 - 443.1	Canada (Quebec)	Platystrophia inferaplicata (37790)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	Canada (Québec)	Platystrophia inferaplica (28126 28136 28137)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	Canada (Quebec)	Platystrophia inferaplica (11703)