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Zittelina pinguicula

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kingenidae

Taxonomy
Waldheimia pinguicula was named by Zittel (1870).

It was recombined as Zittelina pinguicula by Barczyk (1979), Bujtor (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Z. barczyki, Z. billodensis, Z. bystrickyi, Z. fluegeli, Z. fluegeli, Z. hispanica, Z. radoicicae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Waldheimia pinguicula Zittel p. 139 figs. Pl. 14, Fig. 10-14
1979Zittelina pinguicula Barczyk p. 212 figs. Text Fig. 5, Pl. 2, Fig. 4-6
2006Zittelina pinguicula Bujtor p. 140 figs. 12.9-12.12, 15

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyKingenoideaElliott 1948
familyKingenidaeElliott 1948
subfamilyKingeninaeElliott 1948
genusZittelinaRollier 1919
speciespinguicula(Zittel 1870)

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.

†Zittelina pinguicula Zittel 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height38.647.009.709.501.50

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:29:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:29:12
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 Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.06000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Zittelina pinguicula (44875 44876 44877 44878 44879 44880 44881 44882)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Poland Zittelina pinguicula (29117)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Zittelina pinguicula (153352 160456 160459)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Poland Zittelina pinguicula (29127 29128)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Poland (Carpathians) Zittelina pinguicula (233463)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Poland (Carpathians) Zittelina pinguicula (233499)