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Brachiopod. Brachiopods (/ ˈbrækioʊˌpɒd /), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of trochozoan animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, while the front can be opened for feeding or closed for protection.
List of brachiopod genera. 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.
Evolution of brachiopods. The origin of the brachiopods is uncertain; they either arose from reduction of a multi-plated tubular organism, or from the folding of a slug-like organism with a protective shell on either end. Since their Cambrian origin, the phylum rose to a Palaeozoic dominance, but dwindled during the Mesozoic.
L. waikatoensis Pen, 1930. Synonyms. Ligula, Ligularius, Lingularius, Pharetra. Lingula is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula or forms very close in appearance have existed possibly since the Cambrian. Like its relatives, it has two unadorned organo-phosphatic valves and a long fleshy stalk.
Abyssothyris (2 species) Abyssothyris briggsi. Abyssothyris wyvillei. Acanthobasiliola (1 species) Acanthobasiliola doederleini. Acrobelesia (1 species) Acrobelesia cooperi. Acrobrochus (3 species) Acrobrochus blochmanni.
List of living brachiopod species. The following is a taxonomy of extant (living) Brachiopoda by Emig, Bitner & Álvarez (2019). There are over 400 living species and over 120 living genera of brachiopods classified within 3 classes and 5 orders, listed below. Extinct groups are not listed. [1]
Atrypa is a genus of brachiopod with round to short egg-shaped shells covered with many fine radial ridges (or costae). Growth lines form perpendicular to the costae and are spaced approximately 2 to 3 times further apart than the costae.. The pedunculate valve is slightly convex, but oftentimes levels out or becomes slightly concave toward the ...
Lingulata shells are composed of a combination of calcium phosphate, protein and chitin. This is unlike most other shelled marine animals, whose shells are made of calcium carbonate. The Lingulata are inarticulate brachiopods, so named for the simplicity of their hinge mechanism. This mechanism lacks teeth and is held together only by a complex ...