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Mimella

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae

Taxonomy
Mimella was named by Cooper (1930). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plectorthinae by Mitchell (1977); to Plectorthidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Mimella Cooper
1977Mimella Mitchell
2000Mimella Williams et al. p. 761
2002Mimella Sepkoski
2002Sonculina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyPlectorthoideaSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
familyPlectorthidaeSchuchert and Le Vene 1929
genusMimellaCooper 1930

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. †Mimella Cooper 1930
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Mimella borealis Billings 1859
Mimella globosa Willard 1928
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Invalid names: Mimella superba Butts 1942 [synonym]
Mimella globularis Cooper 1956
Mimella imperator Billings 1859
Mimella nucleoidea Cooper 1956
Mimella vulgaris Raymond 1911
Mimella zhejiangensis Liang 1983
Invalid names: Sonculina [synonym]
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
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:49:22
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:49:22
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 Middle Ordovician to the top of the Rawtheyan or 470.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (198 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (JiangSu) M. sp. (7876 7927)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (AnHui) M. sp. (7829 7855)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) M. sp. (7727)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina M. sp. (8783 9013)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Guizhou) M. sp. (4755 4757 4759 4760 4761 4763 7346 7347 7351)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (AnHui) M. sp. (7841 7842 7843)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Yunnan) M. sp. (5432)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) M. sp. (4714 4715 4718 4719 4720 4721 4722 4723)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (YunNan) M. sp. (7732)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) M. sp. (124619)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Tennessee) M. sp. (319)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) M. sp. (306)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Virginia) M. intermedia, M. sp. I (186172)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) M. globosa (24621) M. sp. (313 315 25932 25933)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Hebertella borealis (172200 172350 172351 172352 172353 172354) Hebertella borealis, Hebertella vulgaris (172209) Hebertella imperator (171789 172360) M. borealis (80006) M. sp. (305 307 311 435)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Hebertella borealis (171704 172233 172308 172309) Hebertella vulgaris (56184 56212 56215 172144 172180 172223 172225 172229 172230 172232 172235 172237 172238 172239 172240 172247 172295 172300 172301 172302 172303 172314 172315 172317 172318 172320 172322 172323 172324 172326 172328 172329 172330 172331 172333 172335 172346)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Ontario) Hebertella borealis, Hebertella imperator (172204 172358 172359) Hebertella imperator (172210)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Virginia) M. nuclea (204096)
Chazyan - Caradoc470.0 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) M. globosa (25308 25309 25310)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Guizhou) M. sp. (7638)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (GanSu) M. sp. (8554)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Russian Federation (Siberia) M. macra (9222) M. sp. (9224)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) M. sp. (9297 9304 9308)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4United Kingdom (Scotland) M. globularis (164937)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) M. sp. (9298 9302 9305 9307)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Hebertella borealis (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558 32559 32560 32561 32562 32563 32570 32571 32614 32615 32617 32618 32619) M. melonica (33103 33104 33105 33106 33107)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) M. globosa (34247 34248 34249 34250 34251 34252 37904) M. melonica (33934 33935 33936 33937) M. superba (34007 34028 34029 34030 34031 34032 34152 34153 34167 34168 34169)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) M. globularis (164472) M. laticardinia (203254) M. melonica, M. superba, M. vulgaris (33938 33980 33981 33982 33983 33984) M. sp. (6674 33544 33545 33546 33547) M. superba (33995 33996 33997)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) M. laticardinia (219873)
Ashbyan - Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) M. sp. (6680 6686 6697)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Pennsylvania) M. sp. (162391)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Hebertella borealis (5331) M. costellata (203288)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) M. globosa (24628)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) M. extensa, M. subquadrata (23893)
Ashbyan - Late/Upper Ordovician457.3 - 443.8USA (Virginia) M. sp. (6671)
Blackriveran - Late/Upper Ordovician457.3 - 443.8USA (Virginia) M. sp. (6438 6668)
Haljala - Nabala456.8 - 449.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) M. sp. (204677)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) M. sp. (192745)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) M. sp. (9311 205626)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) M. zhejiangensis (89295 186264 186268 186270 186273 186279)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (HaiNanDao) M. sp. (4684)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2China (ZheJiang) M. sp. (7776)