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Parasphenarina Motchurova-Dekova, Saito & Endo, 2002

235188  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235188)

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Motchurova-Dekova, N.; Saito, M.; Endo, K. (2002). The Recent rhynchonellide brachiopod Parasphenarina cavernicola gen. et sp. nov. from the submarine caves of Okinawa, Japan. <em>Paleontological Research.</em> 6(3), 299-319. [details]   
Etymology Parashpenarina is derived from the Greek para = near or close to, combined with the spelling of the genus 'Sphenarina',...  
Etymology Parashpenarina is derived from the Greek para = near or close to, combined with the spelling of the genus 'Sphenarina', referring to the similarity between the two. [details]

Taxonomic remark Motchurova-Dekova et al. (2002) re-assess living species assigned to Sphenarina and re-allocate these to the new genus...  
Taxonomic remark Motchurova-Dekova et al. (2002) re-assess living species assigned to Sphenarina and re-allocate these to the new genus 'Parasphenarina', leaving Sphenarina with only fossil taxa. [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2024). World Brachiopoda Database. Parasphenarina Motchurova-Dekova, Saito & Endo, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235188 on 2024-04-18
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original description Motchurova-Dekova, N.; Saito, M.; Endo, K. (2002). The Recent rhynchonellide brachiopod Parasphenarina cavernicola gen. et sp. nov. from the submarine caves of Okinawa, Japan. <em>Paleontological Research.</em> 6(3), 299-319. [details]   

basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em>  [details]   
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Etymology Parashpenarina is derived from the Greek para = near or close to, combined with the spelling of the genus 'Sphenarina', referring to the similarity between the two. [details]

Taxonomic remark Motchurova-Dekova et al. (2002) re-assess living species assigned to Sphenarina and re-allocate these to the new genus 'Parasphenarina', leaving Sphenarina with only fossil taxa. [details]