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Echinalosia minima

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

Taxonomy
Strophalosia minima was named by Maxwell (1954). Its type specimen is UQ F16262, a valve (Ventral valve, internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L1384, Bull Creek, Nebo, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Blenheim Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Echinalosia minima by Dear (1971) and Briggs (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Strophalosia minima Maxwell p. 547 figs. Pl 56, figs 9-11
1971Echinalosia minima Dear p. 7 figs. Pl 3, figs 11-16
1998Echinalosia minima Briggs p. 99 figs. 52A-F

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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
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyStrophalosioidea()
familyStrophalosiidae
subfamilyEchinalosiinae
genusEchinalosiaWaterhouse 1967
speciesminima()

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.

Echinalosia minima Maxwell 1954
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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 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Nelson) Echinalosia minima (41797)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) Echinalosia minima (102943 103040 103176 123236 123237)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Echinalosia minima (85054 85055 102922 102935 103020 103023 103035 103036 103168 103169 103171 103393 103903) Strophalosia minima (type locality: 103874)