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Cyrtospirifer verneuili

Cyrtospirifer verneuili
Cyrtospiriferidae - Cyrtospirifer verneuili.JPG
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

Cyrtospirifer verneuili, also called Spirifer verneuili, is an extinct species of brachiopods. The fossils are present in the Upper Devonian.

In Cornwall they have the vernacular name Delabole Butterfly, from the appearance of flattened forms in the slates at Delabole.


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