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Terebratulina rigida

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

Taxonomy

Terebratula rigida was named by Sowerby (1829).

It was recombined as Terebratulina rigida by Johansen and Surlyk (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

T. atlantica, T. biplicata, T. caputserpentis, T. cooperi, T. echinulata, T. elongata, T. faujesii, T. inflata, T. insueta, T. lata, T. lato, T. longicolllis, T. macrescens, T. martiniana, T. noackensis, T. planicostata, T. semiglobosa, T. striata, T. tejonensis waringi, T. washingtonensis, T. weaveri, T. wilmingtonensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1829	Terebratula rigida Sowerby p. 69 figs. Pl. 536, Fig. 2
1990	Terebratulina rigida Johansen and Surlyk p. 848 figs. Pl. 5, Fig. 1-3

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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	rigida	(Sowerby 1829)

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 rigida Sowerby 1829

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Danian or 83.60000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	United Kingdom (England)	Terebratulina rigida (3896 3897 3898 3899 3901)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Germany	Terebratulina rigida (64142 64143 64153)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	United Kingdom	Terebratulina rigida (157703 157714 157718 157730)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Denmark	Terebratulina rigida (2998 2999 3004 3005 3007 3010)