Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Scacchinella titan

Strophomenata - Productida - Scacchinellidae

Taxonomy
Scacchinella titan was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 147923a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. variabilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Scacchinella titan Cooper and Grant p. 923 figs. Pl 270, figs 12-16; pl 272, figs 1-6; pl 273, figs 1-25; pl 274, figs 1-6; pl 275, figs 1-4; pl 276,

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyScacchinellidae
subfamilyScacchinellinaeLicharew 1928
genusScacchinellaGemmellaro 1891
speciestitan

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.

†Scacchinella titan Cooper and Grant 1975
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3533.43.70166.031.548.2

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Scacchinella titan (43535 43541 43559 43576 43578 43579 43580 43581 43588 43604 43605 43607 75885 75886 75930 75933 75934 75936 102613 102620 105585 105590 105682 105685 105721 105722 105739 105763 106124)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) Scacchinella titan (75929 81696 105684 105730 105740 105928)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Scacchinella titan (43496 43534 43558 43560 43586 43615 75861 75862 75921 75924 81954 102608 105595 105690 105724 105725 105727 105729 105819 105990 105991 106162 106167 106170 106173 106294)