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Hercosestria notialis

Strophomenata - Productida - Hercosiidae

Taxonomy
Hercosestria notialis was named by Stehli and Grant (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 163564, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM9258, Sierra Los Cuchumatanes (FS-67-G-7), which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Chochal Formation of Guatemala.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Hercosestria notialis Stehli and Grant p. 30 figs. Pl 9, figs 4-12

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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
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyRichthofenioidea()
familyHercosiidae
genusHercosestria
speciesnotialis

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.

Hercosestria notialis Stehli and Grant 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height126.3

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Guatemala (Huehuetenango) Hercosestria notialis (41536 type locality: 41537)