Cyrtospirifer verneuili
Extinct species of marine lamp shell
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Cyrtospirifer verneuili, also called Spirifer verneuili, is an extinct species of brachiopod. The fossils are present in the Upper Devonian.[1]
| Cyrtospirifer verneuili | |
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| Fossil specimen of Cyrtospirifer verneuili from Namur (Belgium), Upper Devonian | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | †Spiriferida |
| Family: | †Cyrtospiriferidae |
| Genus: | †Cyrtospirifer |
| Species: | †C. verneuili |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cyrtospirifer verneuili (Murchison, 1840) | |
In Cornwall they have the vernacular name Delabole butterfly, from the appearance of flattened forms in the slates at Delabole.[2]
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