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Strophomena cancellata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Taxonomy

Orthis cancellata was named by Portlock (1843).

It was recombined as Strophomena cancellata by Mitchell (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. barbieri, S. bellilineata, S. carnica, S. ceiriogensis, S. clermontensis, S. concinna, S. conradi, S. crinerensis, S. delicatula, S. elongata, S. frechi, S. hirundo, S. kulumbensis, S. lebediensis, S. lenta, S. millionensis, S. odessae, S. oklahomensis, S. orbignyi, S. orthididea, S. paeckelmanni, S. perconcava, S. pseudodeltoidea, S. rigida, S. striatissima, S. testuda, S. testudo, S. trentonensis, S. vicina, S. wisconsinensis, S. alpha, S. rigida, S. irregularis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1843	Orthis cancellata Portlock
1977	Strophomena cancellata Mitchell p. 44

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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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Strophomenoidea	King 1846
family	Strophomenidae	King 1846
subfamily	Strophomeninae	King 1846
genus	Strophomena	Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
species	cancellata	(Portlock 1843)

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.

†Strophomena cancellata Portlock 1843

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10g

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-10 11:58:19

Modified:

2009-06-10 13:58:19

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Cautleyan or 449.20000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cautleyan	449.2 - 448.8	United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	Orthis cancellata (154951) Strophomena cancellata (163261)
Cautleyan	449.2 - 448.8	United Kingdom	Strophomena cancellata (163263 163264)