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Terebratulina retusa

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Taxonomy

Anomia retusa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Terebratulina retusa by Hertlein and Grant IV (1944), Gaetani and Sacca (1985), Harper et al. (1997), García Ramos (2004), Bitner and Dulai (2004), Taddei Ruggiero and Taddei (2006), Koskeridou (2007), Mikuz (2011), Bitner et al. (2013), Dulai (2016), Dulai (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

T. insueta, T. striata

Synonyms

Anomia caputserpentis was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

It was recombined as Terebratulina caputserpentis by d'Orbigny (1848); it was synonymized subjectively with Terebratulina retusa by Bitner and Dulai (2004).
Terebratulina caputserpentis granosa was named by Ponzi (1876) [Terebratulina caputserpentis var. granosa]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Terebratulina retusa by Brunton (1967).
Terebratulina emarginata was named by Risso (1826). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Terebratulina retusa by Gaetani and Sacca (1985).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Anomia retusa Linnaeus p. 701
1767	Anomia caputserpentis Linnaeus p. 236
1826	Terebratulina emarginata Risso
1848	Terebratulina caputserpentis d'Orbigny p. 67 figs. Pl. 7, Fig. 7, 8, 17
1876	Terebratulina caputserpentis granosa Ponzi
1944	Terebratulina retusa Hertlein and Grant IV p. 73 figs. Plate 6, figures 2, 3
1985	Terebratulina retusa Gaetani and Sacca p. 15 figs. Pl 7, figs 5-10; pl 9, figs 6-9
1997	Terebratulina retusa Harper et al. p. 118
2004	Terebratulina retusa Bitner and Dulai
2004	Terebratulina retusa García Ramos p. 28 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3
2006	Terebratulina retusa Taddei Ruggiero and Taddei p. 303 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
2007	Terebratulina retusa Koskeridou p. 124 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 5-6
2011	Terebratulina retusa Mikuz p. 32 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-7; pl 3, figs 1,2
2013	Terebratulina retusa Bitner et al. p. 584 figs. 2e-h, Tbl. 2
2016	Terebratulina retusa Dulai p. 88 figs. 49-54
2019	Terebratulina retusa Dulai p. 129 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-15

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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	Terebratulidina
superfamily	Cancellothyridoidea	Thomson 1926
family	Cancellothyrididae	Thomson 1926
subfamily	Cancellothyridinae	Thomson 1926
genus	Terebratulina	d'Orbigny 1847
species	retusa	()

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.

Terebratulina retusa Linnaeus 1758

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Invalid names: Terebratulina caputserpentis Linnaeus 1767 [synonym], Terebratulina emarginata Risso 1826 [synonym]

Terebratulina caputserpentis granosa Ponzi 1876

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
height	4	5.07	3.30	7.70	5.10	1.83

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:52:20

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:52:20

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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France (Landes)	Terebratulina retusa (152694 152697)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France	Terebratulina retusa (152695)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Hungary	Terebratulina retusa (152556)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Slovenia	Terebratulina retusa (190929)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Italy	Terebratulina retusa (199893 199894)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.63 - 3.6	USA (Alaska)	Terebratulina retusa (37998)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Spain	Terebratulina retusa (56687)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Spain	Terebratulina retusa (190899 190906)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Netherlands	Terebratulina retusa (187621 187622)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Algeria	Terebratulina retusa (152657 152662)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Algeria	Terebratulina retusa (152660)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	Greece	Terebratulina retusa (153689 153690)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	Italy	Terebratulina retusa (187485 187491 187512 187526 187530 187570 187605)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Italy	Terebratulina retusa (187516 187564 187566 187568 187734)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Italy (Apulia)	Terebratulina retusa (97591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Italy	Terebratulina retusa (49518)