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Scacchinella gigantea

Strophomenata - Productida - Scacchinellidae

Taxonomy
Scacchinella gigantea was named by Schellwien (1900).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. variabilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Scacchinella gigantea Schellwien p. 35 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-3; pl 5, figs 1-8
1960Scacchinella gigantea Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 129
2006Scacchinella gigantea Shen et al. p. 24 fig. 3,4
2017Scacchinella gigantea Tazawa and Araki p. 273 figs. 7.8, 7.9

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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
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyScacchinellidae
subfamilyScacchinellinaeLicharew 1928
genusScacchinellaGemmellaro 1891
speciesgigantea

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.

†Scacchinella gigantea Schellwien 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1100.0

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: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Wordian or 303.70000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Scacchinella gigantea (150113)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Slovenia Scacchinella gigantea (129658)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Austria Scacchinella gigantea (129691 129692 129693 129694)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Slovenia Scacchinella gigantea (60187)
Sakmarian - Kungurian293.52 - 274.4Slovenia Scacchinella gigantea (60220)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Scacchinella gigantea (149862 150188)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Scacchinella gigantea (149773 149778 149781 149835 149863 150115 150603 150604)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Japan Scacchinella gigantea (117556) Scacchinella sp. (62294)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan (Miyagi) Scacchinella gigantea (186853)