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Lethamia rara

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Lethamia rara was named by Briggs (1998). Its type specimen is GSQ F13478, a shell (Conjoined shell dorsal aspect external mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is GSQ D158, Spring Creek, which is in an Artinskian marine siliciclastic in the Yarrol Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Lethamia rara Briggs p. 127 figs. 65A-F

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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
tribeLethamiiniWaterhouse 2001
genusLethamia
speciesrara

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.

Lethamia rara Briggs 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Lethamia rara (66207 type locality: 102929)