Horridonia horrida Sowerby 1822

Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Alternative combinations: Producta horrida, Productus horridus, Pustula horrida

Invalid subtaxa: Gryphites aculeatus von Schlotheim 1813 [replaced name], Producta aculeata von Schlotheim 1813 [replaced name], Producta calva Sowerby 1827, Productus aculeatus von Schlotheim 1813 [replaced name], Productus borealis Haughton 1858

Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1822. No. LVI of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain 4:17-24

Belongs to Horridonia according to Z. Q. Chen and G. R. Shi 2006

See also Buddington and Chapin 1929, Czarniecki et al. 1965, Davidson 1858, Frebold 1942, Geinitz 1841, Geinitz 1861, Gobbett 1961, Haughton 1858, Howse 1848, Howse 1857, Kazmierczak 1967, King 1850, Langenhan 1899, Lee and Gu 1980, Pattison 1970, Phillips 1834, Riedel 1917, Sowerby 1822, Sowerby 1827, Sowerby 1829, Trechmann 1945 and von Schlotheim 1813

Sister taxa: Horridonia kalpinensis, Horridonia praetimanica, Horridonia regularis, Horridonia yichunensis

Type specimens:

  • Horridonia horrida: Its type locality is Derbyshire (near Bolsover), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom
  • Gryphites aculeatus:
  • Producta calva:
  • Productus borealis:

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), China (3), Germany (13), Lithuania (16), Poland (5), the United Kingdom (32), United States (2: Alaska)

Total: 73 collections including 74 occurrences

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