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Parastrophina plena

Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae

Taxonomy

Parastrophina plena was named by Sapelnikov and Rukavishnikova (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. rotundiformis, P. tersa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1975	Parastrophina plena Sapelnikov and Rukavishnikova
2008	Parastrophina plena Jin and Popov pp. 233, Appendix 2

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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	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Pentamerida	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
suborder	Syntrophiidina	Ulrich and Cooper 1936
superfamily	Camerelloidea	Hall and Clarke 1894
family	Parastrophinidae	Ulrich and Cooper 1938
genus	Parastrophina
species	plena	Sapelnikov and Rukavishnikova 1975

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.

†Parastrophina plena Sapelnikov and Rukavishnikova 1975

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10g

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:

2009-06-04 12:10:02

Modified:

2009-06-04 14:10:02

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

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

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Caradoc or 458.20000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sandbian	458.2 - 452.8	Kazakhstan	Parastrophina plena (80180 80208)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Kazakhstan	Parastrophina plena (80207 80209 80210 80211 80212 80213 80214 80215)
Katian	452.8 - 445.2	Kazakhstan	Parastrophina plena (80173)