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Parasmittina

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae

Taxonomy
Parasmittina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mucronellidae by Bassler (1953); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Smittinidae by Lee et al. (1997), Bock (2006), Guha (2013) and Di Martino and Taylor (2015).

Species
P. auris, P. gujaratica, P. harudiensis, P. johni
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. areolata, P. trispinosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Parasmittina Bassler p. G208
1997Parasmittina Lee et al.
2002Parasmittina Sepkoski
2006Parasmittina Bock
2013Parasmittina Guha
2015Parasmittina Di Martino and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
—Lepraliomorpha(Gordon 1989)
superfamilySmittinoideaLevinsen 1909
familySmittinidaeLevinsen 1909
genusParasmittina

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.

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†Parasmittina auris Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Parasmittina gujaratica Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Parasmittina harudiensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
†Parasmittina johni Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 06:28:28
Modified: 2008-02-26 08:28:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Gujarat) P. auris, P. harudiensis, P. johni (177176)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India P. auris, P. harudiensis, P. johni (178699)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) P. sp. (172815)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44India (Gujarat) P. gujaratica (177173)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India P. gujaratica (178702 178703)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) P. gujaratica (177172)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia P. sp. (173650)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) P. parsevaliformis, P. spathulata, P. n. sp. 1 (79785)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. areolata (79982)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. areolata (91901) P. crosslandi (61339)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) P. areolata, P. parsevaliformis (79983) P. sp. (79989)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) P. parsevaliformis, P. n. sp. 1 (79842) P. parsevaliformis, P. n. sp. 7 (79835) P. spathulata, P. n. sp. 3 (79845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) P. trispinosa (60927 60928)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) P. trispinosa (81751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) P. sp. (97606) P. spathulata (97607 97608) P. spathulata, P. sp. (97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados P. ophidiana (148714)