Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Brachiopoda > Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea > Class Rhynchonellata > Order Terebratulida > Suborder Terebratellidina > Superfamily Megathyridoidea > Family Megathyrididae

Argyrotheca Dall, 1900

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Argyrotheca cistellula (Wood, 1841)
Argyrotheca cuneata (Risso, 1826)
Argyrotheca grandicostata Logan, 1983

Literature

original description	Dall, W. H. (1900). Some names which must be discarded. The Nautilus. 14(4): 44–45.
basis of record	Howson, C.M. (2001). Brachiopoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 334
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. 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.
taxonomy source	Hiller, N.; Robinson, J.H.; Lee, D.E. (2008). The micromorphic brachiopod Argyrotheca (Terebratulida: Megathyroidea) in Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 120(1): 167-183.

Genbank

Citation

Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Argyrotheca Dall, 1900. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104047