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Argyrotheca cuneata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae

Taxonomy

Terebratula cuneata was named by Risso (1826). It is extant. It is the type species of Argyrotheca.

It was recombined as Rhynchotreta cuneata by Hall (1879), Bassett and Cocks (1974), Rubel and Rozman (1977); it was recombined as Argyrotheca cuneata by Bitner (1990), Kroh (2003), García Ramos (2004), Dulai (2007), Pavézková et al. (2013), Bitner et al. (2013), Bitner et al. (2013), Bitner and Motchurova-Dekova (2016), Bitner et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. berryi, A. bronii, A. chira, A. danica, A. faujasi, A. megatremoides, A. neapolitana, A. powersi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1826	Terebratula cuneata Risso
1879	Rhynchotreta cuneata Hall p. 185 figs. Pl. 56, figs. 39-40
1974	Rhynchotreta cuneata Bassett and Cocks
1977	Rhynchotreta cuneata Rubel and Rozman
1990	Argyrotheca cuneata Bitner p. 138 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-9; text-figs 5,6
2003	Argyrotheca cuneata Kroh p. 148 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3
2004	Argyrotheca cuneata García Ramos p. 29 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-9
2007	Argyrotheca cuneata Dulai p. 4 fig. 3
2013	Argyrotheca cuneata Bitner et al. p. 588 figs. 4a-g, Tbl. 4
2013	Argyrotheca cuneata Bitner et al. p. 84 figs. 3D-I
2013	Argyrotheca cuneata Pavézková et al. p. 57 fig. 1
2016	Argyrotheca cuneata Bitner and Motchurova-Dekova p. 12 figs. 4A-R
2023	Argyrotheca cuneata Bitner et al. p. 41 fig. 4A,B

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Terebratulida
suborder	Terebratellidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Megathyridoidea	Dall 1870
family	Megathyrididae	Dall 1870
genus	Argyrotheca	Dall 1900
species	cuneata	(Risso 1826)

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.

Argyrotheca cuneata Risso 1826

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
height	2	1.25	1.20	1.30	1.25	0.071
shell height	2	1.30	1.20	1.40	1.30	0.141

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:30:31

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:30:31

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Zanclean or 27.30000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France	Argyrotheca cuneata (152695)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Austria	Argyrotheca cuneata (153681)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Hungary	Argyrotheca cuneata (152569 155784)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Bulgaria	Argyrotheca cuneata (70048 70049 175794)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Poland	Argyrotheca cuneata (61376 159682 159683 159684 159685 159686 159687 159689 159690 159691 159692 159693 159694)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Czechia	Argyrotheca cuneata (152285 152286 233292 233293 233294 233295)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy	Argyrotheca cuneata (168730)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Spain	Argyrotheca cuneata (190899)