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.

A

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Anastrophia internascens, view of the brachial valve, with two Cornulites epibionts (the ribbed tubes)


B

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Burmirhynchia jirbaensis (Jurassic of Israel).


C

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


D

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Dagnachonetes supragibbosa, view of the brachial valve, Middle Devonian (Eifelian)

E

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F

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G

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Goniorhynchia boueti


H

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


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J

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K

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


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M

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Mucrospirifer sp.


N

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O

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P

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Pentamerus sp., Silurian
Punctospirifer kentuckyensis, Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)


Q

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View of the pedunculate valve of Quadriloba colletti, Pragian