Brachiopoda
E393482
Brachiopoda is a phylum of marine invertebrates with bivalve-like shells that are hinged top-to-bottom and are known from both modern oceans and an extensive fossil record.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brachiopoda canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3841543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brachiopoda Context triple: [Lophotrochozoa, includesTaxon, Brachiopoda]
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A.
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora is a small, primitive class of deep-sea molluscs characterized by a single cap-like shell and serially repeated internal organs, offering key insights into molluscan and bilaterian evolution.
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B.
Ambulacraria
Ambulacraria is a major clade of deuterostome animals that unites echinoderms (such as starfish and sea urchins) with hemichordates (such as acorn worms) based on shared developmental and anatomical features.
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C.
Mollusca
Mollusca is a large and diverse phylum of invertebrate animals that includes snails, clams, squids, and octopuses, typically characterized by soft bodies often protected by a hard shell.
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D.
Gastropoda
Gastropoda is a large and diverse class of mollusks that includes snails and slugs, characterized by a muscular foot and often a coiled shell.
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E.
Bivalvia
Bivalvia is a class of aquatic mollusks characterized by a laterally compressed body enclosed within a hinged two-part shell, including clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brachiopoda Target entity description: Brachiopoda is a phylum of marine invertebrates with bivalve-like shells that are hinged top-to-bottom and are known from both modern oceans and an extensive fossil record.
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A.
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora is a small, primitive class of deep-sea molluscs characterized by a single cap-like shell and serially repeated internal organs, offering key insights into molluscan and bilaterian evolution.
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B.
Ambulacraria
Ambulacraria is a major clade of deuterostome animals that unites echinoderms (such as starfish and sea urchins) with hemichordates (such as acorn worms) based on shared developmental and anatomical features.
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C.
Mollusca
Mollusca is a large and diverse phylum of invertebrate animals that includes snails, clams, squids, and octopuses, typically characterized by soft bodies often protected by a hard shell.
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D.
Gastropoda
Gastropoda is a large and diverse class of mollusks that includes snails and slugs, characterized by a muscular foot and often a coiled shell.
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E.
Bivalvia
Bivalvia is a class of aquatic mollusks characterized by a laterally compressed body enclosed within a hinged two-part shell, including clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
phylum
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attachmentMode | pedicle ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | lophophorate ⓘ |
| circulatorySystem | open circulatory system ⓘ |
| coelomType | coelomate ⓘ |
| commonName | brachiopods ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Bivalvia ⓘ |
| diversityDecline | after Permian-Triassic extinction event ⓘ |
| domain | Eukaryota ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | benthic suspension feeder ⓘ |
| extantSpeciesCount | few hundred species ⓘ |
| extinctSpeciesCount | many thousands of fossil species ⓘ |
| feedingMode | suspension feeder ⓘ |
| feedingStructure | lophophore ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Cambrian Period
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambrian period
|
| fossilRecord | extensive ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | global oceans ⓘ |
| habitat | marine environment ⓘ |
| higherGrouping | Lophotrochozoa ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalType | planktonic larva ⓘ |
| lifestyle | sessile ⓘ |
| locomotion | mostly sedentary ⓘ |
| majorClade |
Articulata
ⓘ
Inarticulata ⓘ |
| nervousSystem | simple nervous system ⓘ |
| paleoecologicalImportance | index fossils for Paleozoic strata ⓘ |
| peakDiversity | Paleozoic era ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| researchUse |
evolutionary biology studies
ⓘ
paleobiogeography studies ⓘ paleoecology studies ⓘ |
| respiration | across lophophore and mantle cavity ⓘ |
| shellArticulation |
non-articulated valves in Inarticulata
ⓘ
tooth-and-socket hinge in Articulata ⓘ |
| shellHinge | top-to-bottom hinge ⓘ |
| shellInteriorFeature | brachidium ⓘ |
| shellMicrostructure |
fibrous
ⓘ
lamellar ⓘ |
| shellOrientation | dorsal-ventral hinge ⓘ |
| shellSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| shellValve |
dorsal valve
ⓘ
ventral valve ⓘ |
| sisterGroupHypothesis |
Bryozoa
ⓘ
Phoronida ⓘ |
| skeletonComposition |
calcium carbonate
ⓘ
calcium phosphate ⓘ |
| skeletonType | bivalve-like shell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Brachiopoda Description of subject: Brachiopoda is a phylum of marine invertebrates with bivalve-like shells that are hinged top-to-bottom and are known from both modern oceans and an extensive fossil record.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.