Terebratellidina
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Terebratellidina is one of two existing suborders of Terebratulid
brachiopod
s, the other being Terebratulidina.
Terebratulida
Terebratulids are one of only three living orders of articulate brachiopods, the others being the Rhynchonellida and the Thecideida. Craniida and Lingulida include living brachiopods, but are inarticulates. The name, Terebratula, may be derived from the Latin "terebra", meaning "hole-borer"...
brachiopod
Brachiopod
Brachiopods are a phylum of marine animals that have hard "valves" 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...
s, the other being Terebratulidina.
Classification
- Superfamily Kraussinoidea
- Superfamily Laqueoidea
- Superfamily Megathyridoidea
- Superfamily Platidioidea
- Superfamily Terebratelloidea
- Family Dallinidae
- Family Ecnomiosidae
- Family Terebratellidae
- Family Thaumatosiidae
- Superfamily Zeillerioidea
- Superfamily Bouchardioidea
- Superfamily Gwynioidea
- Superfamily Kingenoidea
- Superfamily Incertae sedisIncertae sedis, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
- Family Tythothyrididae