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Rectithyris

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Cyranoia Cooper p. 185
2002Cyranoia Sepkoski
2002Rectithyris Sepkoski
2006Rectithyris Williams et al. p. 2066

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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
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familySellithyrididaeMuir - Wood 1965
subfamilyRectithyridinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusRectithyris

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.

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Rectithyris ciplyensis Von Hanstein 1879
Rectithyris depressa Lamarck 1819
Rectithyris odiumensis Sahni 1960
Rectithyris shenleyensis Walker and Lamplugh 1903
Rectithyris shenleyensis heathensis Cox and Middlemiss 1978
Rectithyris subdepressa Stoliczka 1872
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Invalid names: Rectithyris ovalis Sahni 1960 [synonym], Rectithyris rotunda Sahni 1960 [synonym]
Rectithyris whiskyi Sandy 1991
Invalid names: Cyranoia Cooper 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1918.510.525.620.95.42
shell height4028.216.841.629.45.71

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:41:09
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 121.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal Terebratula depressa (73564)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) R. shenleyensis, R. depressa (1864)
Albian - Coniacian113.2 - 85.7Antarctica R. whiskyi (63943)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Terebratula depressa (210724)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Antarctica R. whiskyi (63942)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Belgium R. depressa (169627)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) R. wrightorum (153947)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Sweden R. visae (70427)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0Afghanistan (Takhar) R. odiumensis, R. rotunda, R. subdepressa (78083) R. subdepressa (78082)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Antarctica R. whiskyi (63937 63941 63944)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden (Skåne) R. depressa (217297)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Sweden Cyranoia longirostris, Cyranoia vissae (187631)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India R. subdepressa (228177 228179)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium R. ciplyensis (170076) Terebratula ciplyensis (154735)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iraq R. sp. (3884)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Tamil Nadu) R. subdepressa (46507)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran Terebratula subdepressa (87113)