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Ribeiria apusoides

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Technophoridae

Taxonomy
Ribeiria apusoides was named by Schubert and Waagen (1904) [Ribeiria apusoides Schubert & Waagen in Perner 1903. Lectotype designated by Pojeta & Runnegar 1976. Perner pl. 49, figs 14–-17 = R. johni.]. Its type specimen is NM L 7860, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ribeiria apusoides Perner figs. pl. 49, figs 5, 6, 18–-26; not pl. 49, figs 14–-17
1904Ribeiria apusoides Schubert and Waagen p. 44 figs. pl. I, figs 6-11
1976Ribeiria apusoides Pojeta and Runnegar p. 50 figs. pl. 5, figs 1-–14; pl. 6, figs 1–12, 14, 15; not pl. 6, fig. 13
2015Ribeiria apusoides Polechová pp. 85 - 87 figs. 1B, D, F
2023Ribeiria apusoides Wagner p. 3129

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classRostroconchia
orderRibeirioida
familyTechnophoridae
genusRibeiria
speciesapusoides

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.

Ribeiria apusoides Schubert and Waagen 1904
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar 1976Large Ribeiria with gently concave dorsal margin lacking a prominent posterior dorsal notch.
M. Polechová 2015Elongated and large Ribeiria with gently concave dorsal margin with posterior dorsal notch and well-marked cleft anterior from pegma.