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Nellia tenella

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae

Taxonomy
Cellaria tenella was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Farcimia tenella by Canu (1907); it was recombined as Nellia tenella by Cheetham (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. oscitans

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Cellaria tenella Lamarck
1852Nellia oculata Busk p. 18
1907Farcimia tenella Canu p. 60
1920Nellia oculata Canu and Bassler p. 196
1956Nellia oculata Brown
1962Nellia tenella Cheetham p. 326

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
familyQuadricellariidaeGordon 1984
genusNelliaBusk 1852
speciestenella(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Nellia oculata Busk 1852 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-27 06:37:50
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Bock 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Calabrian or 41.03000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Nellia tenella (7322 7324 7325 7327 7328 7332)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Nellia tenella (7331)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Nellia tenella (90479)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Nellia tenella (7318 7319)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Nellia oculata (90563)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Nellia oculata (90552 90565 90566)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Malta Nellia oculata (239934 239940 239958)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Nellia oculata (173516)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia Nellia tenella (211329)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Nellia oculata (112577)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Nellia tenella (61342)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Nellia oculata (34723 34724)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) Nellia oculata (172911 172913)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Nellia tenella (61340 79998 91901 91902)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Nellia tenella (79772)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Nellia tenella (79835 79842 79844)