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Rafinesquina deltoidea

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Taxonomy
Leptaena deltoidea was named by Conrad (1838) [Not Strophomena deltoidea Conrad. OWEN, 1844, Report of a geological exploration of part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois ... in 1839, pl. 16, fig. 8; pl. 17, fig. 6. Not Leptaena deltoidea (Conrad). OWEN, 1852, Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, p. 629, tab. 2B, fig. 10. Not Strophomena deltoidea Conrad. DAVIDSON, 1871, A monograph of the British fossil Brachiopoda, vol. 3, Devonian and Silurian species, p. 292, pl. 42, figs. 1-5; pl. 39, fig. 22 (Opikina sp.). Not Strophomena deltoidea Conrad. DAVIDSON, 1883, idem, vol. 5, Silurian supplement, p. 197, pl. 15, figs. 16-32 (Opikina sp). Not Rafinesquina deltoidea (Conrad). WINCHELL and SCHUCHERT 1893, Minnesota Geol. and Nat. History Survey Final Rept., vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 403, pl. 31, figs. 30, 31. Not Playfairea deltoidea (Conrad). REED, 1917, Royal Soc. Edinburgh Trans., vol. 51, p. 866, pl. 11, figs. 21-30.].

It was recombined as Strophomena deltoidea by Emmons (1855); it was recombined as Rafinesquina deltoidea by Salmon (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Leptaena deltoidea Conrad p. 115
1847Leptaena deltoidea Hall p. 106 figs. pl. 31A, figs. 3a-f
1855Strophomena deltoidea Emmons p. 197 figs. pl. 11 f. 5a, c
1942Rafinesquina deltoidea Salmon pp. 583 - 586 figs. Plate 86, figures 16-20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyRafinesquinidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyRafinesquininaeSchuchert 1893
genusRafinesquinaHall and Clarke 1892
speciesdeltoidea()

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.

Rafinesquina deltoidea Conrad 1838
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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
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:31:26
Modified: 2018-11-11 09:56:04
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Maysvillian or 453.80000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Rafinesquina deltoidea (33174 33175 33177 33179)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) Rafinesquina deltoidea (104575 104576 104579 104582 104585 104586 104587 104588 104589 104590 104591 104597 104600 104602 104605 104606 104617 104623 104624)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Rafinesquina deltoidea (33938 33980 33981 33982 33983 33984)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Rafinesquina deltoidea (23802 23803 23804 23805 23806)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Rafinesquina deltoidea (23279)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Rafinesquina deltoidea (26272)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Rafinesquina deltoidea (26269 26270 26271 26273)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Rafinesquina deltoidea (23807 23808 23809)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Rafinesquina deltoidea (23280 23281)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Rafinesquina deltoidea (26943)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Rafinesquina deltoidea (26293 26294)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Rafinesquina deltoidea (23810)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Rafinesquina deltoidea (23282)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Rafinesquina deltoidea (23811)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Rafinesquina deltoidea (23283)