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Moeschia

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Postepithyrididae

Taxonomy
Moeschia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Terebratula alata.

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Postepithyrididae by Williams et al. (2006), Mahboubi et al. (2021).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Moeschia Sepkoski
2006Moeschia Williams et al. p. 2115
2021Moeschia Mahboubi et al. p. 3267

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyLoboidothyridoideaMakridin 1964
familyPostepithyrididae
genusMoeschia

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.

G. †Moeschia
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Moeschia alata Rollet 1972
Moeschia campanea Boullier 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height922.118.227.221.62.53

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:50:59
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:50:59
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.90000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France M. alata (12981 12982 13029 13112 13118 13119 13124 13125)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Hungary M. alata (127113)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Algeria M. alata (224155)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France M. campanea (152942 152943 152949)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France M. engeli (13126) M. granulata (13035 13117)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) M. foraminata (35262)