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Orbicoelia tumibilis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Crurithyris tumibilis was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154425a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Orbicoelia tumibilis by Chen and Shi (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Crurithyris tumibilis Cooper and Grant p. 2129 figs. Pl 589, figs 39-58; pl 590, figs 40-52
1985Crurithyris tumibilis Jin and Fang figs. Pl 1, figs 11, 13
1995Crurithyris tumibilis Kues p. 73 figs. 7.1-7.4
2005Crurithyris tumibilis Spielmann et al. p. 172 fig. 3G
2006Orbicoelia tumibilis Chen and Shi p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilyAmbocoelioideaGeorge 1931
familyAmbocoeliidae
subfamilyAmbocoeliinae
genusOrbicoelia
speciestumibilis()

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.

†Orbicoelia tumibilis Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height302.810.8007.103.341.85

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:48:51
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:48:51
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Crurithyris tumibilis (43476 43483 43484 105974)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Crurithyris tumibilis (43468 43469 43472 43474 43475 43479 43481 43482 75939 75952 75953 106023)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Crurithyris tumibilis (39150 39151 39153 39154 39155 118001)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Crurithyris tumibilis (102612)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Yunnan) Crurithyris tumibilis (132456)