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Leiothycridina expansa

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Spirifera expansa was named by Phillips (1836).

It was recombined as Leiothycridina expansa by Grunt (1980); it was recombined as Actinoconchus expansus by Kashirtsev (1959), Lee and Gu (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Spirifera expansa Phillips
1959Actinoconchus expansus Kashirtsev p. 68 figs. Pl 37, figs 5,6
1980Leiothycridina expansa Grunt p. 67
1980Actinoconchus expansus Lee and Gu p. 402 figs. Pl 174, fig 11,12

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilyCleiothyridininae
genusLeiothycridina
speciesexpansa(Phillips 1836)

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.

Leiothycridina expansa Phillips 1836
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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 18:06:04
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Capitanian or 353.70000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland Actinoconchus expansus (76501)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Russian Federation Actinoconchus expansus (110293)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Heilongjiang) Actinoconchus expansus (61877 61882 61883 111166)