The following is ataxonomy of extant (living)Brachiopoda by Emig, Bitner & Álvarez (2019). There are over 400 living species and over 120 living genera ofbrachiopods classified within 3 classes and 5 orders, listed below. Extinct groups are not listed.[1]
PhylumBrachiopodaDuméril, 1806
- SubphylumLinguliformeaWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996
- SubphylumCraniiformeaPopov, Basset, Holmer et Laurie, 1993
- ClassCraniataWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996
- SubphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996
SubphylumLinguliformeaWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996, ClassLingulataGorjansky et Popov, 1985[2]
- OrderLingulidaWaagen, 1885
SubphylumCraniiformeaPopov, Basset, Holmer et Laurie, 1993, ClassCraniataWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996[3]
- OrderCraniidaWaagen, 1885
SubphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996, ClassRhynchonellataWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996[4]
- OrderRhynchonellidaKuhn, 1949
SubphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996, ClassRhynchonellataWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996[4]
- OrderThecideidaElliot, 1958
- SuperfamilyThecideoideaGray, 1840
- FamilyThecidellinidaeElliot, 1958
- SubfamilyThecidellininaeElliot, 1953
- GenusThecidellinaThomson, 1915
- Thecidellina barretti(Davidson, 1864)
- Thecidellina maxilla(Hedley, 1899)
- Thecidellina blochmanniDall, 1920
- Thecidellina japonica(Hayasaka, 1938)
- Thecidellina congregataCooper, 1954
- Thecidellina meyeriHoffmann et Lüter, 2008
- Thecidellina bahamiensisLüter, Hoffmann et Logan, 2008
- Thecidellina williamsiLüter, Hoffmann et Logan, 2008
- Thecidellina insolitaHoffmann et Lüter, 2010
- Thecidellina europaLogan, Hoffmann et Lüter, 2015
- Thecidellina mawalianaSimon, Lüter, Logan et Mottequin, 2018
- Thecidellina leipnitzaeSimon, Hiller, Logan et Mottequin, 2019
- GenusKakanuiellaLee et Robinson, 2003
- SubfamilyMinutellinaeLogan et Baker, 2013
- FamilyThecideidaeGray, 1840
SubphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996, ClassRhynchonellataWilliams, Carlson, Brunton, Holmer et Popov, 1996[4]
- OrderTerebratulidaWaagen, 1883
SuborderTerebratulidinaWaagen, 1883
- SuperfamilyTerebratuloideaGray, 1840
- FamilyTerebratulidaeGray, 1840
- SubfamilyTerebratulinaeGray, 1840
- SubfamilyGryphinaeSahni, 1929
- GenusGryphusMegerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- SubfamilyTichosininaeCooper, 1983
- GenusTichosinaCooper, 1977
- Tichosina floridensisCooper, 1977
- Tichosina bartletti(Dall, 1882)
- Tichosina bartschi(Cooper, 1934)
- Tichosina abruptaCooper, 1977
- Tichosina bahamiensisCooper, 1977
- Tichosina bullisiCooper, 1977
- Tichosina dubiaCooper, 1977
- Tichosina elongataCooper, 1977
- Tichosina erectaCooper, 1977
- Tichosina expansaCooper, 1977
- Tichosina labiataCooper, 1977
- Tichosina martinicensisCooper, 1977
- Tichosina obesaCooper, 1977
- Tichosina pillsburyaeCooper, 1977
- Tichosina plicataCooper, 1977
- Tichosina rotundovataCooper, 1977
- Tichosina solidaCooper, 1977
- Tichosina subtriangulataCooper, 1977
- Tichosina truncataCooper, 1977
- GenusArctosiaCooper, 1983
- GenusDolichozygusCooper, 1983
- GenusDysedrosiaCooper, 1983
- GenusErymniaCooper, 1977
- GenusZygonariaCooper, 1983
- SubfamilyDallithyridinaeKatz et Popov, 1974
- SuperfamilyDyscolioideaFischer et Oelhert, 1891
- SuperfamilyCancellothyridoideaThomson, 1926
- FamilyCancellothyrididaeThomson, 1926
- SubfamilyCancellothyridinaeThomson, 1926
- GenusCancellothyrisThomson, 1926
- GenusMurraviaThomson, 1916
- GenusSurugathyris?Yabe et Hatai, 1934
- GenusTerebratulinad'Orbigny, 1847
- Terebratulina retusa(Linné, 1758)
- Terebratulina septentrionalis(Couthouy, 1838)
- Terebratulina japonica(Sowerby, 1846)
- Terebratulina abyssicola(Adams et Reeve, 1850)
- Terebratulina cumingiiDavidson, 1852
- Terebratulina unguicula(Carpenter, 1864)
- Terebratulina cailletiCrosse, 1865
- Terebratulina crosseiDavidson, 1882
- Terebratulina kiiensisDall et Pilsbry, 1891
- Terebratulina radulaHedley, 1904
- Terebratulina valdiviaeBlochmann, 1908
- Terebratulina cavataVerco, 1910
- Terebratulina hawaiiensisDall, 1920
- Terebratulina callinomeDall, 1920
- Terebratulina reeveiDall, 1920
- Terebratulina photinaDall, 1920
- Terebratulina pacificaYabe et Hatai, 1934
- Terebratulina kyusyuensisYabe et Hatai, 1934
- Terebratulina kitakamiensisHayasaka, 1938
- Terebratulina peculiarisHatai, 1940
- Terebratulina sirahamensisHatai, 1940
- Terebratulina meridionalisJackson, 1952
- Terebratulina hataianaCooper, 1973
- Terebratulina compressaCooper, 1973
- Terebratulina austroamericanaZezina, 1981
- Terebratulina australisBitner, 2006
- FamilyChlidonophoridaeMuir-Wood, 1959
- SubfamilyChlidonophorinaeMuir-Wood, 1959
- SubfamilyEucalathinaeMuir-Wood, 1965
- GenusEucalathisFischer et Œhlert, 1890
- Eucalathis murrayi(Davidson, 1878)
- Eucalathis tuberata(Jeffreys, 1878)
- Eucalathis trigona(Jeffreys, 1878)
- Eucalathis ergasticaFischer et Œhlert, 1890
- Eucalathis rugosaCooper, 1973
- Eucalathis fasciculataCooper, 1973
- Eucalathis inflataCooper, 1973
- Eucalathis macrorhynchusForster, 1974
- Eucalathis cubensisCooper, 1977
- Eucalathis floridensisCooper, 1977
- Eucalathis magnaCooper, 1981
- Eucalathis daphneaeBitner et Logan, 2016
- Eucalathis malgachensisBitner et Logan, 2016
- GenusMelvicalathisLee, Lüter et Zezina, 2008, in Lee et al. (2008)
- GenusRectocalathisSeidel & Lüter, 2014
- GenusBathynanusFoster, 1974
- GenusNanacalathisZezina, 1981
- GenusNotozygaCooper, 1977
- SubfamilyAgulhasiinaeMuir-Wood, 1965
- FamilyCnismatocentridaeCooper, 1973
SuborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood, 1955
- SuperfamilyZeillerioideaAllan, 1940
- SuperfamilyKingenoideaElliot, 1948
- SuperfamilyLaqueoideaThomson, 1927
- FamilyLaqueidaeThomson, 1927
- SubfamilyLaqueinaeThomson, 1927
- GenusLaqueusDall, 1870
- Laqueus erythraeusDall, 1920
- Laqueus rubellus(Sowerby, 1846)
- Laqueus suffusus(Dall, 1870)
- Laqueus jeffreysiDall, 1877
- Laqueus blanfordi(Dunker, 1882)
- Laqueus vancouveriensisDavidson, 1887
- Laqueus morseiDall, 1908
- Laqueus quadratusYabe et Hatai, 1934
- Laqueus propriusYabe et Hatai, 1934
- Laqueus orbicularisYabe et Hatai, 1934
- Laqueus concentricusYabe et Hatai, 1936
- Laqueus pacificaHatai, 1936
- Laqueus pallidusHatai, 1939
- SubfamilyGlaciarculinaeMacKinnon et Lee, 2002
- FamilyFrenulinidaeHatai, 1938
- FamilyTerebrataliidaeRichardson, 1975
- Superfamily Uncertain
- SuperfamilyMegathyridoideaDall, 187
- FamilyMegathyrididaeDall, 18700
- GenusMegathirisd'Orbigny, 1847
- GenusArgyrothecaDall, 1900
- Argyrotheca cuneata(Risso, 1826)
- Argyrotheca cistellula(Wood, 1841)
- Argyrotheca barrettiana(Davidson, 1866)
- Argyrotheca woodwardiana(Davidson, 1866)
- Argyrotheca schrammi(Crosse et Fischer, 1866)
- Argyrotheca rubrotincta(Dall, 1871)
- Argyrotheca lutea(Dall, 1871)
- Argyrotheca australis(Blochmann, 1910)
- Argyrotheca bermudanaDall, 1911
- Argyrotheca johnsoniCooper, 1934
- Argyrotheca loweiHertlein et Grant, 1944
- Argyrotheca somaliensisCooper, 1973
- Argyrotheca jacksoniCooper, 1973
- Argyrotheca thurmanniCooper, 1973
- Argyrotheca crassaCooper, 1977
- Argyrotheca hewattiCooper, 1977
- Argyrotheca rubrocostataCooper, 1977
- Argyrotheca grandicostataLogan, 1983
- Argyrotheca angulataZezina, 1987
- Argyrotheca neocaledonensisBitner, 2010
- Argyrotheca furtiveSimon, 2010
- Argyrotheca cooperiBitner et Logan, 2013
- GenusJoaniaÁlvarez, Brunton et Long, 2008
- FamilyThaumatosiidaeCooper, 1973
- SuperfamilyBouchardioideaAllan, 1940
- SuperfamilyPlatidioideaDall, 1870
- FamilyPlatidiidaeDall, 1870
- SubfamilyPlatidiinaeDall, 1870
- GenusPlatidiaCosta, 1852
- GenusAmphithyrisThomson, 1918
- Amphithyris buckmaniThomson, 1918
- Amphithyris seminula(Philippi, 1836)
- Amphithyris hallenttensisFoster, 1974
- Amphithyris richardsonaeCampbell et Fleming, 1981
- Amphithyris parvaMackinnon, Hiller, Long et Marshall, 2008
- Amphithyris cavernicolaNauendorf, Wörheide & Lüter, 2014
- Amphithyris comitodensisNauendorf, Wörheide & Lüter, 2014
- GenusNeoaemulaMackinnon, Hiller, Long et Marshall, 2008
- GenusAnnuloplatidiaZezina, 1981
- SubfamilyPhaneroporinaeZezina, 1981
- SuperfamilyTerebratelloideaKing, 1850
- FamilyTerebratellidaeKing, 1850
- SubfamilyTerebratellinaeKing, 1850
- GenusTerebratellad'Orbigny, 1847
- GenusMagasellaDall, 1840
- GenusAerothyrisAllan, 1939
- GenusAneboconchaCooper, 1973
- GenusCalloriaCooper et Lee, 1993
- GenusDyscritosiaCooper, 1982
- GenusFosteriaZezina, 1980
- GenusGyrothyrisThomson, 1918
- GenusNeothyrisDouvillé, 1879
- GenusSyntomariaCooper, 1982
- SubfamilyAnakineticinaeRichardson, 1991
- SubfamilyMagellaniinaeBeecher, 1895
- Subfamily Uncertain
- FamilyDallinidaeBeecher, 1895
- SuperfamilyKraussinoideaDall, 1870
Suborder Uncertain
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