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Gracilitheca

Orthothecida - Gracilithecidae

Taxonomy
Gracilitheca was named by Syssoiev (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tomm-u Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 287,289]. It is the type genus of Gracilithecidae.

It was assigned to Gracilithecidae by Syssoiev (1972); and to Exilithecida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Gracilitheca Syssoiev
1972Gracilitheca Syssoiev
2002Gracilitheca Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
familyGracilithecidae
genusGracilitheca

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.

G. †Gracilitheca Syssoiev 1968
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Gracilitheca mirabilis Valent et al. 2012
Gracilitheca triangularis Valent et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-04-21 11:54:00
Modified: 2011-03-22 11:35:54
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Branchian or 525.50000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0USA (Massachusetts) G. sp. (56830)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) G. bayonet (6897)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0USA (Massachusetts) G. bayonet (56835)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) G. bayonet (9386 9390)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.9Canada (Nova Scotia) G. bayonet (9391)
Branchian517.1 - 509.0USA (Massachusetts) G. bayonet (56854)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland G. sp. (49458 49464 49471)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Morocco G. destombesi (9122)