List of brachiopod genera

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This is a list of brachiopod genera which includes both extinct (fossil) forms[1] and extant (living) genera (bolded).[2] Names are according to the conventions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

A

File:Anastrophia cornulites brachial.jpg
Anastrophia internascens, view of the brachial valve, with two Cornulites epibionts (the ribbed tubes)

B

File:Burmirhynchia jirbaensis Callovian Israel.jpg
Burmirhynchia jirbaensis (Jurassic of Israel).

C

File:Cincinnetina meeki (Miller, 1875) slab 3.jpg
Ordovician mass mortality assemblage of Cincinnetina meeki
File:Cererithyris arkelli Almeras 1970 dorsal.jpg
Cererithyris arkelli Almeras, 1970; dorsal view; Middle Jurassic (Bathonian); Ranville, Calvados, France. From the collection of Clive Champion.

D

File:Dagnochonetes supragibbosa brachial valve.jpg
Dagnachonetes supragibbosa, view of the brachial valve, Middle Devonian (Eifelian)

E

F

G

File:Goniorhynchia boueti.jpg
Goniorhynchia boueti

H

File:Hercosestria040111.jpg
Hercosestria cribrosa Cooper & Grant 1969 (Roadian, Guadalupian, Middle Permian); Glass Mountains, Texas.

I

J

K

File:Kutchirhynchia dorsal.jpg
Kutchirhynchia morieri, Luc-sur-Mer, France, Middle Jurassic (Upper Bathonian), dorsal view.
File:Kutchirhynchia ventral.jpg
Kutchirhynchia morieri, Luc-sur-Mer, France, Middle Jurassic (Upper Bathonian), ventral view.

L

M

File:MucrospiriferSp.jpg
Mucrospirifer sp.

N

O

P

File:PentamerusSilurian.jpg
Pentamerus sp., Silurian
File:Punctospirifer kentuckyensis blunt lateral.jpg
Punctospirifer kentuckyensis, Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)

Q

File:Quadriloba collletti pedunculate valve.jpg
View of the pedunculate valve of Quadriloba colletti, Pragian

R

S

File:Strophodonta demissa.JPG
Stropheodonta demissa from the Silica Shale (Middle Devonian) of Michigan.
File:Striispirifer niagarensis (Conrad, 1843).jpg
Striispirifer niagarensis (Conrad, 1843) from the Rochester Shale, Member D; Sheinwoodian (Silurian) of New York.

T

File:Thecidea papillata brachial valve.jpg
View of the brachial valve of Thecidea papillata (Upper Cretaceous)
File:Tetractinella trigonella - MUSE.jpg
Tetractinella trigonella at MUSE - Science Museum in Trento

U

V

File:Victorithyris peterboroughensis brachial valve.jpg
View of the brachial valve of Victorithyris peterboroughensis, Miocene

W

File:Kingena wacoensis brachial valve.jpg
A Waconella wacoensis lampshell, view of the brachial valve, 16mm along the axis, collected from the Main Street Formation, Denton County, Texas, USA, from the final stage of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian)

X

Y

Z

File:Zygospira modesta Waynesville collection.jpg
Zygospira modesta, an atrypid brachiopod from the Waynesville Formation, Upper Ordovician, southern Ohio.

See also

References

  1. Moore, R.C. (1965). Brachiopoda. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. Part H., Volume 1 and 2. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.
  2. Emig, C.C.; Alvarez, F.; Bitner, M.A. "Brachiopoda Taxon list - from WoRMS". BrachNet. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Özdikmen, H. (2008). "Nomenclatural changes for eight genus group names in Brachiopoda" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 3 (1): 345–354.
  4. "Living and fossil brachiopod genera, 1775-1979 : Lists and bibliography". 1981.