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Hustedia rupinata

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Taxonomy

Hustedia rupinata was named by Cooper and Grant (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 154475, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. gibbosa, H. grandicosta, H. grandicosta, H. indica, H. indica, H. indica, H. indica, H. marmoni, H. miseri, H. mormonii, H. pseudocardium, H. pugilla, H. pygmaea, H. radialis, H. radialis, H. rotundi, H. ulothrix, H. miseri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1976	Hustedia rupinata Cooper and Grant p. 2795 figs. Pl 740, figs 1-27; pl 745, figs 47-51

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Retziidina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Retzioidea	Waagen 1883
family	Neoretziidae	Dagis 1972
subfamily	Hustediinae	Grunt 1986
genus	Hustedia	Hall and Clarke 1893
species	rupinata

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.

†Hustedia rupinata Cooper and Grant 1976

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	42	5.72	1.50	12.8	5.80	3.08

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalsubo

Diet:

suspension feedersubo

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 18:06:56

Modified:

2018-11-10 18:06:56

Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

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

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (37 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	USA (Texas)	Hustedia meekana (108821) Hustedia rupinata (81586 81619 81939 81940 101867 102619 105896 105899 105902 106108 106138 106139 106244 106245 106299)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	USA (Texas)	Hustedia rupinata (81613 81618 81621 81623 81624 81626 81631 81632 81697 81698 81706 102618 105893 105894 105895 105903 105993 106161 106243 106248 106249)