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Obolus ion

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Obolus ion was named by Walcott (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. favosus, O. parvulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Obolus ion Walcott pp. 482 - 483 figs. Plate 106, figs. 8-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyObolinaeKing 1846
genusObolusEichwald 1829
speciesion

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.

†Obolus ion Walcott 1924
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Diagnosis
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