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Callyconcha australis

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Comuquia australis was named by Archbold (1984). Its type specimen is GSWA F11050, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Callytharra Springs, Type Section, Carnarvon Basin, which is in a Sakmarian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Callytharra Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Callyconcha.

It was recombined as Callyconcha australis by Waterhouse (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Comuquia australis Archbold p. 86 figs. 1K-Z,AA-BB
2001Callyconcha australis Waterhouse

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
subfamilyOvertoniinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeCostispiniferiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusCallyconcha
speciesaustralis()

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.

Callyconcha australis Archbold 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height34.153.804.704.000.473
valve height24.104.104.104.10-

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Comuquia australis (type locality: 88211 95208 95209 95210 95211 95212 95213 95214)