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Echinoconchus

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Productus (Echinoconchus) Chao p. 299
1938Echinoconchus Sutton p. 555 figs. plate 66, figures 1-6
2000Echinoconchus Williams et al. p. 509
2002Echinoconchus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyEchinoconchoidea
familyEchinoconchidae
subfamilyEchinoconchinaeStehli 1954
tribeEchinoconchiniStehli 1954
genusEchinoconchus

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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Echinoconchus alternatus Norwood and Pratten 1855
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Invalid names: Productus gradatus Swallow 1863 [synonym], Productus vittatus Hall 1858 [synonym]
Echinoconchus angustus Easton 1962
Echinoconchus defensus Thomas 1914
Echinoconchus elegans Norwood and Pratten 1855
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Invalid names: Productus cestriensis Worthen 1860 [synonym], Productus flexistria Norwood and Pratten 1855 [synonym]
Echinoconchus macalaensis Jin and Shi 1985
Echinoconchus pelliceus Chronic 1949
Echinoconchus punctatus Martin 1809
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Invalid names: Echinoconchus aohanensis Lee and Gu 1980 [synonym]
Echinoconchus rodeoensis Hernon 1935
Echinoconchus zapoteco Torres-Martínez and Sour-Tovar 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.29.6015.510.52.39

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 382.31000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (284 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Vietnam E. bistriatus (83245)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (New Mexico) E. minatus (231554)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) E. alternatus (8611)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Yukon) E. sp. (548)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) E. gradatus (5615)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9USA (Nevada) Productus elegans (5750)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.86 - 342.9USA (Utah) Productus elegans (5755 5756)
Carboniferous - Chesterian358.86 - 323.4USA (Utah) Diaphragmus elegans (13363)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (California) E. punctatus (10241) Productus punctatus (214521)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Productus punctatus (111910 112164)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Kungurian - Capitanian283.3 - 259.51China (Hubei) Productus punctatus (121096)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) E. sp. (11558 11559 11603 11616)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Xinjiang) E. punctatus (123272)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Japan E. defensus (125086)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Productus pustulosus (121984)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Iran E. punctatus (151301)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Jilin) E. sp. (113134)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Hunan) E. sp. (100084)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Malaysia (Pahang) E. sp. (42733)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia Productus punctatus (132776)