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Cimmeriella flexuosa

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Taxonomy
Stepanoviella flexuosa was named by Waterhouse (1970). Its type specimen is CPC 8561 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR WO3, Jimba Jimba Station, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Jimba Jimba Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Globiella flexuosa by Archbold (1983); it was recombined as Cimmeriella flexuosa by Archbold and Hogeboom (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Stepanoviella flexuosa Waterhouse pp. 45-48 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-8,15,16
1981Stepanoviella flexuosa Jin and Sun p. 140 figs. Pl 5, figs 7,8
1983Globiella flexuosa Archbold pp. 252-253 figs. 4O-Z, AA-BB
1990Stepanoviella flexuosa Yang et al. figs. Pl 23, figs 3,4,9,10
2000Cimmeriella flexuosa Archbold and Hogeboom p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyLinoproductidae
subfamilyLinoproductinae
genusCimmeriella
speciesflexuosa()

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.

Cimmeriella flexuosa Waterhouse 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height112.0----
valve height515.414.019.014.91.99

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 290.10000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Cimmeriella flexuosa (87292 101132) Globiella flexuosa (101144 101146 101234) Stepanoviella flexuosa (type locality: 52147)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Xizang) Stepanoviella flexuosa (110096)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Xizang) Stepanoviella flexuosa (121164)