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Alispiriferella lita

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferella lita was named by Fredericks (1924) [Spiriferella saranae mut. lita ].

It was recombined as Alispiriferella lita by Pavlova et al. (1991), Tazawa and Hasegawa (2007), Tazawa (2008), Tazawa (2008), Tazawa (2009), Tazawa (2016), Tazawa and Araki (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Spiriferella lita Fredericks p. 36 figs. Pl 1, figs 16-27; text-figs 2a,b
1963Spiriferella lita Ustritsky and Chernyak p. 109 figs. Pl 36, figs 8,9
1978Spiriferella grandis Kotlyar p. 73 figs. Pl 18, figs 7,8
1991Alispiriferella lita Pavlova et al. p. 128 figs. Pl 30, figs 9,10,15
2001Spiriferella lita Tazawa p. 302 figs. 8.19-8.22
2001Alispiriferella japonica Tazawa p. 303 figs. 8.15-8.18
2003Alispiriferella neimongolensis Wang and Zhang
2006Alispiriferella neimongolensis Tazawa and Chen p. 336 fig. 6.3
2006Spiriferella lita Tazawa and Chen p. 336 fig. 6.4
2007Alispiriferella lita Tazawa and Hasegawa p. 9 figs. 5.2-5.11
2008Alispiriferella lita Tazawa p. 41 fig. 6.6,6.7
2009Alispiriferella lita Tazawa p. 74 figs. 5.4a-5.9
2016Alispiriferella lita Tazawa p. 34 fig. 11.1
2017Alispiriferella lita Tazawa and Araki p. 279 figs. 8.8-8.11

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
genusAlispiriferella
specieslita(Fredericks 1924)

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.

Alispiriferella lita Fredericks 1924
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Invalid names: Alispiriferella japonica Tazawa 2001 [synonym], Alispiriferella neimongolensis Wang and Zhang 2003 [synonym], Spiriferella grandis Kotlyar 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height116.7

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Russian Federation Spiriferella lita (119303)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Mongolia Alispiriferella lita (116267 116271 116273 116274 116275 116283)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Japan Alispiriferella japonica (75529 75530 75533 75534) Alispiriferella ordinaria (75531) Spiriferella lita, Alispiriferella japonica (75527)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Japan (Central) Alispiriferella japonica (42696)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Alispiriferella lita (118974)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Spiriferella lita (119360)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan (Miyagi) Alispiriferella lita (149788 149789)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Heilongjiang) Spiriferella lita, Alispiriferella neimongolensis (61877 61879)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Spiriferella grandis (82329 82407 112455 112488 112550 112553 112557 112563) Spiriferella grandis, Timaniella harkeri (112549)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Alispiriferella lita (62292 118871 118975) Alispiriferella sp. (106722)