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Zeilleria livingstonei

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy

Zeilleria livingstonei was named by Gemmellaro (1878).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Z. antonii, Z. calvadosi, Z. liardensis, Z. moutieri, Z. novoselica, Z. pentagonalis, Z. sospirolensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1878	Zeilleria livingstonei Gemmellaro p. 418 figs. Pl 29, figs 28-33
1992	Zeilleria livingstonei Dulai p. 76 figs. Pl 5, fig 5; text-figs 35,36
2008	Zeilleria livingstonei Siblik p. 74

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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	Terebratulida
suborder	Terebratellidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Zeillerioidea	Allan 1940
family	Zeilleriidae	Allan 1940
subfamily	Zeilleriinae	Allan 1940
genus	Zeilleria	Bayle 1878
species	livingstonei	Gemmellaro 1878

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.

†Zeilleria livingstonei Gemmellaro 1878

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	9.40	9.40	9.40	9.40	-
valve height	1	9.00	-	-	-	-

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:27:13

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:27:13

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

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

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian	199.3 - 190.8	Hungary	Zeilleria livingstonei (34122)
Sinemurian	199.3 - 190.8	Austria	Zeilleria livingstonei (159482 159486 159487)
Early/Lower Sinemurian - Hettangian	196.5 - 199.3	Hungary	Zeilleria livingstonei (160437)
Bucklandi	196.5 - 189.6	Hungary	Zeilleria livingstonei (127003)