| Cyrtospirifer verneuili | |
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| Fossil specimen of Cyrtospirifer verneuili from Namur (Belgium), Upper Devonian | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 brachiopod. 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.
References
- uBio, ed. (2013). "Cyrtospirifer verneuili".
- Barton, R. M. (1964). "III - The Killas of North and East Cornwall". An Introduction to the Geology of Cornwall. Truro: D. Bradford Barton Ltd. pp. 90–91.
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