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Salopia

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Linoporellidae

Taxonomy
Salopia was named by Williams (1955). Its type is Orthis salteri.

It was assigned to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Linoporellidae by Williams et al. (2000), Liljeroth et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Salopia Williams
2000Salopia Williams et al. p. 839
2002Salopia Sepkoski
2017Salopia Liljeroth et al.

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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
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyEnteletoideaWaagen 1884
familyLinoporellidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusSalopiaWilliams 1955

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. †Salopia Williams 1955
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†Salopia gracilis Williams 1955
†Salopia salteri Davidson 1869
Invalid names: Salopia salteri gracilis Williams 1955 [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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).g
Created: 2009-06-04 08:39:02
Modified: 2009-06-04 10:39:02
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Kaugetuma or 461.10000 to 421.60000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) S. sp. (20898)
Abereiddian - Aurelucian468.0 - 456.6Ireland S. gracilis (188886)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom S. turgida (69573 69574 69576 69600 69601)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) S. turgida (69531 69532 69544)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom S. turgida (69588 69595)
Costonian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) S. salteri (188595) S. sp. (3371)
Costonian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Shropshire) S. salteri (45278)
Harnagian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) S. salteri (43634)
Harnagian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (England) S. salteri (174723)
Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Shropshire) S. sp. (46886 46892 46893)
Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2Ireland (Leinster) S. sp. (55684)
Aurelucian458.2 - 456.6Ireland S. gracilis (188891 188926)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) S. sp. (3368)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0Ireland (Leinster) S. sp. (55677)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0Ireland (Lenister) S. sp. (55702 55703 55706 55710)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) S. sp. (43640)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) S. uxunaica (205385)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom (Wales) S. posterior (185101)
Cautleyan - Hirnantian449.2 - 443.1China (Sichuan) S. sp. (7250)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Lithuania S. rubeli (207295)
Kaugetuma422.7 - 421.6Latvia S. sp. (207254)