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Eospirigerina tripartita

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula tripartita was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839).

It was recombined as Plectatrypa tripartita by Temple (1987) and Heath and Owen (1991); it was recombined as Eospirigerina tripartita by Copper (2004).

Subspecies
Plectatrypa tripartita tripartita
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. groenlandica, Spirigerina hibernica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Terebratula tripartita de Sowerby and Murchison
1987Plectatrypa tripartita Temple p. 108
1991Plectatrypa tripartita Heath and Owen p. 94
2004Eospirigerina tripartita Copper p. 5

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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
orderAtrypidaRzhonsnitskaya 1960
suborderAtrypidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyAtrypoideaGill 1871
familyAtrypinidaeMcEwan 1939
subfamilySpirigerininaeRzhonsnitskaya 1974
genusEospirigerinaSchuchert and Cooper 1930
speciestripartita()

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.

†Eospirigerina tripartita de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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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: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-03 09:24:46
Modified: 2009-06-03 11:24:46
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rhuddanian or 443.10000 to 440.50000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Wales) Plectatrypa tripartita (3453 5064 5067 5068 5070 5072 5075 5078 5080 5082 5083 5084 5087 5090 5091 5092 5096 5097 5101 5104 5105 5106 5108 5109 5110 5112)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6United Kingdom (Wales) Plectatrypa tripartita (4974 4976 4977 4991 4992 4993 4994 4998 4999 5000 5009 5012 5013 5016 5017 5019 5027 5036 5037)