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Callispirina rotunda

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae

Taxonomy
Callispirina rotunda was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 153495a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Callispirina rotunda Cooper and Grant p. 2743 figs. Pl 705, figs 66-82
2022Callispirina rotunda Viaretti et al. p. 686 figs. Pl 6, fig 5

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familyParaspiriferinidaeCooper and Grant 1976
genusCallispirinaCooper and Muir-Wood 1951
speciesrotunda

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.

Callispirina rotunda Cooper and Grant 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height38.947.0014.07.303.96

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Oman Callispirina rotunda (127506)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Callispirina rotunda (102618)