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Atrypoidea australis

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Septatrypidae

Taxonomy
Meristina australis was named by Dun (1904).

It was recombined as Atrypoidea australis by Jin and Chatterton (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Atrypoidea australis Jin and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderLissatrypidinaCopper 1996
superfamilyLissatrypoideaTwenhofel 1914
familySeptatrypidaeKozlowski 1929
subfamilySeptatrypinaeKozlowski 1929
genusAtrypoideaMitchell and Dun 1920
speciesaustralis(Dun 1904)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 14:59:48
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:59:48
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Gorstian or 427.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Australia (New South Wales) Atrypoidea australis (25638)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Atrypoidea australis (25639 25680 25681 25682 25683 25708)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Australia (Victoria) Atrypoidea australis (25641)