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Purella cristata

Maikhanellidae

Taxonomy
Purella cristata was named by Missarzhevsky (1974). Its type locality is M71-2/66, : left bank of the Olenyok River, 6 km downstream the Chuskuna Brook, which is in a Tommotian carbonate limestone in the Kessyusa Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Purella.

It was corrected as Purella cristatus by Khomentovsky and Karlova (1993).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Purella cristata Missarzhevsky
1990Purella dzhandica Pelman et al.
1993Purella cristatus Khomentovsky and Karlova p. 36
2017Purella cristata Kouchinsky et al. p. 364
2023Purella cristata Wagner p. 5730

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
familyMaikhanellidae
genusPurella
speciescristata

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.

Purella cristata Missarzhevsky 1974
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Invalid names: Purella dzhandica Pelman et al. 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available