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Gigantella giganteus

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

Taxonomy
Productus giganteus was named by Sowerby (1822). It is the type species of Gigantella.

It was recombined as Gigantella giganteus by Sutton (1938); it was considered a nomen nudum by Martin (1809); it was recombined as Gigantoproductus giganteus by Muir-Wood and Stubblefield (1951), Williams et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Productus giganteus Sowerby
1847Productus giganteus de Koninck p. 54 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; pl 2, fig 1; pl 3, fig 1; pl 4, fig 1; pl 11, fig 8
1938Gigantella giganteus Sutton p. 552
1951Gigantoproductus giganteus Muir-Wood and Stubblefield p. 20
2000Gigantoproductus giganteus Williams et al.

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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
suborderProductidina
superfamilyProductoideaGray 1840
familyProductellidaeSchuchert 1929
subfamilyProductellinaeSchuchert 1929
genusGigantellaSarytcheval 1928
speciesgiganteus(Sowerby 1822)

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.

Gigantella giganteus Sowerby 1822
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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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Visean to the top of the Late/Upper Mississippian or 346.70000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Productus giganteus (111910 112172 112174)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (California) Productus giganteus (214521)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Unnamed indet. (124430)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Productus giganteus (112167 112168 112169 112180)