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Exechonella

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Exechonellidae

Taxonomy
Exechonella was named by Canu and Bassler (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2,1066]. It is extant. Its type is Exechonella paucipunctata. It is the type genus of Exechonellidae.

It was assigned to Arachnopusiidae by Bassler (1953), Brown (1956); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Exechonellidae by Schmidt (2003), Bock (2006), Gordon (2012), Gordon and Taylor (2015), Di Martino and Taylor (2015).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Exechonella Canu and Bassler
1949Hippexechonella Vigneaux
1953Exechonella Bassler p. G167
1953Hippexechonella Bassler p. G167
1956Exechonella Brown
2002Exechonella Sepkoski
2002Hippoexechonella Sepkoski
2003Exechonella Schmidt
2006Exechonella Bock
2012Exechonella Gordon p. 8
2015Exechonella Di Martino and Taylor
2015Exechonella Gordon and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
infraorderUmbonulomorphaGordon 1989
superfamilyArachnopusioideaJullien 1888
familyExechonellidaeHarmer 1957
genusExechonellaCanu and Bassler 1924

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.

G. Exechonella Canu and Bassler 1924
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Exechonella chathamensis Gordon and Taylor 2015
Invalid names: Hippexechonella Vigneaux 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:15:48
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:33:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07New Zealand (Chatham Island) E. chathamensis (172944)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Indonesia E. sp. (173650)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco E. sp. (34724)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (South Australia) E. paucipunctata (172911 172913)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) E. antillea (97607 97608 97609 97610)