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Alispiriferella ordinaria

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferella ordinaria was named by Einor (1939). It is the type species of Alispiriferella.

It was recombined as Alispiriferella ordinaria by Waterhouse and Waddington (1982), Abramov and Grigorieva (1988), Shi and Waterhouse (1996), Tazawa (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Spiriferella ordinaria Einor
1971Spiriferella ordinaria Bamber and Waterhouse
1982Alispiriferella ordinaria Waterhouse and Waddington p. 30 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-13; text-figs 11i.j.20
1985Spiriferella ordinaria Nelson and Nelson figs. Pl 1, fig 20
1988Alispiriferella ordinaria Abramov and Grigorieva p. 158 figs. Pl 22, fig 7; pl 25, figs 4,5
1996Alispiriferella ordinaria Shi and Waterhouse p. 133 figs. Pl 25, figs 11-15; text-fig 46
2001Alispiriferella ordinaria Tazawa p. 302 figs. 8.14a-c

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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
speciesordinaria(Einor 1939)

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.
shell height1121.98.5026.923.54.84

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 Asselian to the top of the Wordian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Canada (British Columbia) Spiriferella ordinaria (112841)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Canada (Yukon) Alispiriferella ordinaria (101729 121764)
Wolfcampian - Leonardian298.9 - 274.4Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella ordinaria (61569 61574)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Alispiriferella ordinaria (100450)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) Alispiriferella ordinaria (121768 121772 121824) Spiriferella ordinaria (117684 117685)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Alispiriferella ordinaria (100455)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation (Sakha) Alispiriferella ordinaria (83167)
Leonardian - Guadalupian286.0 - 259.51Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella ordinaria (61570 61577)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Canada (Yukon) Spiriferella ordinaria (61632)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (British Columbia) Spiriferella ordinaria (95218)