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Schizophoria vulvaria

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae

Taxonomy

Hysterolites vulvarius was named by von Schlotheim (1820).

It was recombined as Schizophoria vulvaria by Leu and Sulser (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. allani, S. athabaskensis, S. athabaskiensis, S. bisinuata, S. blankenheimensis, S. compacta, S. connivens, S. fascicostella, S. fecunda, S. fossula, S. fragilis, S. latisulcata, S. lianghetangensis, S. mayesensis, S. mcfarlanei, S. multistriata, S. nevadensis, S. protonevadensis, S. runegatensis, S. shubarica, S. similis, S. striatula, S. texana, S. athabaskensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1820	Hysterolites vulvarius von Schlotheim p. 247 figs. Pl 29, figs 2,3
2000	Schizophoria vulvaria Leu and Sulser p. 526 figs. 9a-d

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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	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Enteletoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Schizophoriidae	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
genus	Schizophoria
species	vulvaria	(von Schlotheim 1820)

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.

†Schizophoria vulvaria von Schlotheim 1820

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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

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-04 09:19:35

Modified:

2009-06-04 11:19:35

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 Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Emsian or 402.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Emsian	407.6 - 393.3	Germany	Hysterolithus sp. (138795)
Late/Upper Emsian	402.5 - 391.9	Spain (Aragon)	Schizophoria vulvaria (40419 40431)
Late/Upper Emsian	402.5 - 391.9	Spain	Schizophoria vulvaria (62185)
Late/Upper Emsian	402.5 - 391.9	Spain (Palencia)	Schizophoria vulvaria (40350 40351)