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Hystriculina sulcata

Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae

Taxonomy
Hystriculina sulcata was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 149718b, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Hystriculina sulcata Cooper and Grant p. 982 figs. Pl 233, figs 1-39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyMarginiferoidea(Stehli 1954)
familyPaucispiniferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyPaucispiniferinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribePaucispiniferiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusHystriculina
speciessulcata

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.

Hystriculina sulcata Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height196.452.4010.87.502.02

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, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Hystriculina sulcata (43476 43477 43483 43484 43485 43486 43488 43507 43523 43538)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Hystriculina sulcata (43468 43474 43475 43481 43482 75952)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Hystriculina sulcata (43528 43530 43571 43603)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Hystriculina sulcata (75954 105759)