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Spirifer supramosquensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Taxonomy

Spirifer supramosquensis was named by Nikitin (1890).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. acutosinu, S. allatus, S. arkansanus, S. audaculus, S. bifurcatus, S. casteri, S. clathratus, S. convolutus, S. coplowensis, S. crassus, S. crispatus, S. datsanensis, S. duplicicostus, S. floydensis, S. forbesi, S. furcatus, S. gancaohuensis, S. grandicostatus, S. greenockensis, S. keokuk, S. kingi, S. konincki, S. louisianensis, S. macrothyris, S. marcyi, S. marionensis, S. matheri, S. mosquensis, S. mundulus, S. occidus, S. opinius, S. osbonei, S. osbornei, S. pellensis, S. planicostus, S. platynotus, S. raymondi, S. rowleyi, S. S. centronatus Winchell, S. S. grimesi Hall, S. shepardi, S. shephardi, S. stratiformis, S. striatiformis, S. sulcatus, S. thetides, S. vanuxemi, S. vernonensis, S. veronensis, S. vespertilio, S. washingtonensis, S. welleri, S. winchelli, S. fusiformis, S. gortanii, S. subspeciosus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1890	Spirifer supramosquensis Nikitin p. 66
1902	Spirifer supramosquensis Tschernyschew p. 155
1906	Spirifer supramosquensis Keidel p. 379 figs. Pl 13, fig 4

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Spiriferida
suborder	Spiriferidina
superfamily	Spiriferoidea	()
family	Spiriferidae
subfamily	Spiriferinae
genus	Spirifer
species	supramosquensis	Nikitin 1890

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.

†Spirifer supramosquensis Nikitin 1890

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-06 11:20:58

Modified:

2009-06-06 13:20:58

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	China (Xinjiang)	Spirifer supramosquensis (119867)