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Retzia radialis grandicosta

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Retziidae

Taxonomy
Retzia radialis grandicosta was named by Davidson (1862). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moosakhail (Fleming coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Eumetria grandicosta by Waagen (1883); it was recombined as Retzia (Eumetria) grandicosta by Rothpletz (1892); it was recombined as Retzia (Hustedia) grandicosta by Schellwien (1900), Diener (1903), Frech (1911), Broili (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Hustedia remota by Shen et al. (2003), He et al. (2008); it was recombined as Hustedia grandicosta by Reed (1931), Grabau (1931), Shimizu (1961), Licharew and Kotlyar (1978), Lee and Gu (1980), Zeng et al. (1995), Chen (2004), Tazawa (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Retzia radialis grandicosta Davidson p. 28 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1883Eumetria grandicosta Waagen p. 499
1892Retzia (Eumetria) grandicosta Rothpletz p. 83 figs. Pl 10, fig 11
1900Retzia (Hustedia) grandicosta Schellwien p. 91 figs. Pl 14, fig 5
1903Retzia (Hustedia) grandicosta Diener p. 24 figs. Pl 2, figs 8,10
1911Retzia (Hustedia) grandicosta Frech p. 117 figs. Pl 16, figs 7a-8b
1922Retzia (Hustedia) grandicosta Broili p. 224
1931Hustedia grandicosta Grabau p. 121 figs. Pl 5, figs 6a-d
1931Hustedia grandicosta Reed p. 32
1961Hustedia grandicosta Shimizu p. 328 figs. Pl 16, figs 39-42
1978Hustedia grandicosta Licharew and Kotlyar figs. Pl 22, fig 5
1980Hustedia grandicosta Lee and Gu p. 398 figs. Pl 173, figs 16,17
1995Hustedia grandicosta Zeng et al. figs. Pl 21, figs 1-3
2004Hustedia grandicosta Chen p. 57 figs. Pl 7, figs 24-28
2008Hustedia grandicosta Tazawa p. 34 figs. 3.21a-3.23b

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderRetziidinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyRetzioideaWaagen 1883
familyRetziidaeWaagen 1883
genusRetzia
speciesradialis(Phillips 1836)
subspeciesgrandicosta

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.

Retzia radialis grandicosta Davidson 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available