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Oepikina limbrata

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Opikina limbrata was named by Wang (1949).

It was synonymized subjectively with Oepikina pergibbosa by Macomber (1970); it was recombined as Oepikina limbrata by Jin et al. (1997), Jin and Zhan (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Opikina limbrata Wang p. 22 figs. pl. 6B, figs. 1-7
1997Oepikina limbrata Jin et al. p. 36 figs. pl. 20, figs. 1-14; pl. 21, figs. 1-8
2001Oepikina limbrata Jin and Zhan pp. 41 - 43 figs. Pl. 12, figs. 1-21; Fig. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyFurcitellidae(Williams 1965)
genusOepikina()
specieslimbrata()

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.

Oepikina limbrata Wang 1949
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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 11:56:20
Modified: 2009-06-10 13:56:20
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: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Oepikina limbrata (166380 166389 166392 166393 166394 166395 166396 166400 166464 166504 166505 166633 166635)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) Megamyonia ceres (23011 23013 23014 23018)