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Meekella striatocostata

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Plicatula striatocostata was named by Cox (1857).

It was misspelled as Meekella striatocosta by Li et al. (1986); it was recombined as Meekella striatocostata by Tschernyschew (1902), Mansuy (1913), Mudge et al. (1962), Nakamura (1972), Termier and Termier (1977), Liao (1979), Shintani (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Plicatula striatocostata Cox p. 568 figs. Pl 8, fig 7
1902Meekella striatocostata Tschernyschew p. 211 figs. Pl 24, figs 7,8; pl 26, fig 4; pl 51, fig 3
1913Meekella striatocostata Mansuy p. 51 figs. Pl 4, fig 13
1962Meekella striatocostata Mudge et al. p. 79 figs. Pl 13, figs 15,16
1972Meekella striatocostata Nakamura p. 385 figs. Pl 5, fig 1
1977Meekella striatocostata Termier and Termier p. 52
1979Meekella striatocostata Liao figs. Pl 1, fig 37
1986Meekella striatocosta Li et al. p. 218 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
2011Meekella striatocostata Shintani p. 77 figs. 3.1a-3.3

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyMeekellidae
subfamilyMeekellinae
genusMeekella
speciesstriatocostata(Cox 1857)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height218.216.619.918.32.36

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Capitanian or 330.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Meekella striatocostata (5611)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Meekella striatocostata (980 76171)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Nevada) Meekella striatocostata (144024)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Meekella striatocostata (237740 237801 237802 237831)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Meekella striatocostata (237798)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) Meekella striatocosta (134310)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Meekella striatocostata (146828 156699)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Meekella striatocostata (121456 149719 149999 150663)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Meekella striatocostata (12186 12240 12385 12393 12394 12434 12440 12441 12442)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Laos Meekella striatocostata (233572)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Vietnam Meekella striatocostata (233575)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Meekella striatocostata (138382 138383 138384)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Guizhou) Meekella striatocostata (111944 111945)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) Meekella striatocostata (11303 11559 11563 11570 11624 11636 11637 11643 11644 11650 11694 11787 11823 11880 11953 11989 12037 12042)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Japan Meekella striatocostata (114089)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Meekella striatocostata (42096)