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Cleiothyridina simulans

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy

Athyris (Cleiothyridina) simulans was named by Reed (1931).

It was recombined as Cleiothyridina simulans by Clapham (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. angelicoides, C. coloradoensis, C. crassicardinalis, C. deroissii, C. elegans, C. glabristria, C. humerosa, C. incrassata, C. media, C. pecossi, C. segmentata, C. squamosa, C. transversa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1931	Athyris (Cleiothyridina) simulans Reed p. 26 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-4
1944	Athyris (Cleiothyridina) simulans Reed p. 266
2015	Cleiothyridina simulans Clapham

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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	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Athyrididina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Athyridoidea	McCoy 1844
family	Athyrididae	McCoy 1841
subfamily	Cleiothyridininae
genus	Cleiothyridina	Buckman 1906
species	simulans	(Reed 1931)

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.

†Cleiothyridina simulans Reed 1931

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

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (31 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Pakistan	Athyris simulans (125895 125897 125903 125910 125912 125913 125923 125925 125926 125927 125963 126002 126007 126263 126265 126267 126268 126269 126270 126271 126275 126278 126341 126454 126691 126692 126881 126936 127007 127026)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian	259.9 - 252.17	Pakistan	Athyris simulans (126762)