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Cirpa langi

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae

Taxonomy
Cirpa langi was named by Ager (1958). Its type specimen is BMNH B.33542, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shipton Long Lane, near Bothenhampton (Marlstone bed), which is in a Spinatum marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Cirpa langi Ager p. 56 figs. Pl 5, fig 4; text-figs 32-35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyWellerelloideaLicharew 1956
familyWellerellidaeLicharew 1956
subfamilyCirpinaeAger 1965
genusCirpaDe Gregorio 1930
specieslangi

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.

Cirpa langi Ager 1958
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Cirpa langi carpathica Siblik 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height510.28.0013.210.22.17

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Spinatum or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovakia Cirpa langi (158485)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Bulgaria Cirpa langi (106904 106905)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2France Cirpa langi (159287)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Slovakia Cirpa langi (158497)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Cirpa langi (type locality: 138212 138216)