Aulites Richardson, 1987

Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, 2009, Recent Brachiopoda from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 2235, pp. 1-39 : 21

Genus Aulites Richardson, 1987

Type species. Atretia brazieri Crane, 1886 by original designation ( Richardson 1987, p. 45).

Emended diagnosis. Similar to Cryptopora but without dental plates, rectimarginate to gently uniplicate. Foramen large, with narrow marginal or auriculate disjunct deltidial plates. Crura non-digitate maniculiform. Hinge plates well developed to absent. Cardinal process as paired semicircular thickenings or in form of depression.

Remarks. In the erect, auriculate deltidial plates and lack of hinge plates, the new species shows significant differences from the type species, requiring emendation of the diagnosis (cf. Manceñido et al. 2002).