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Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis

Strophomenata - Productida

Taxonomy
Marginifera ovalis was named by Waagen (1884).

It was recombined as Productus ovalis by Fliegel (1901); it was recombined as Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis by Chen and Shi (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Marginifera ovalis Waagen pp. 723-725 figs. Pl 77, figs 1-4
1901Productus ovalis Fliegel p. 101
1936Marginifera ovalis Douglas p. 35
1944Marginifera protracta Reed p. 92 figs. Pl 19, fig 24
1944Marginifera praenuntia Reed p. 93 figs. Pl 19, figs 16-18
1944Marginifera protracta Reed p. 93 figs. Pl 19, fig 24
1968Marginifera ovalis Grant p. 23 figs. Pl 7, figs 1a-f; text-figs 14,15
2006Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis Chen and Shi p. 143

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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
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
tribeMarginiferini
genusMarginifera
subgenusArenaria
speciesovalis()

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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Invalid names: Marginifera praenuntia Reed 1944 [synonym], Marginifera protracta Reed 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.27.5315.011.03.03

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: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Iran (Lorestan) Marginifera ovalis (211721)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Productus keyserlingianus (121984)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Iran Marginifera ovalis (151301 211733)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Marginifera ovalis (81501 81503 124350 125821 125823 125854) Marginifera praenuntia (125819)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Marginifera ovalis (109271 109314) Marginifera protracta (125867 127033)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Marginifera ovalis (132459)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Productus ovalis (138569)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Marginifera ovalis (126269)