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Camarotoechia tethys

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae

Taxonomy

Rhynchonella tethys was named by Billings (1860).

It was recombined as Rhynchonella (Stenocisma) tethys by Hall (1867); it was recombined as Camarotoechia tethys by Hall and Clarke (1893).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. aequicostata, C. altiplicata, C. ancillans, C. andrewsi, C. baitaensis, C. bidentata, C. billingsi, C. C. chouteauensis, C. C. inaequa Shaw, C. contracta, C. cypris, C. delicata, C. duplicata, C. formosensis, C. gregaria, C. herrickana, C. jonesi, C. lamellosa, C. litchfieldensis, C. metallica, C. mettalica, C. mitcheldeanensis, C. modica, C. planorugosa, C. pleurodon, C. princeps, C. tarda, C. tuta, C. varians, C. winiskensis, C. metallica, C. saxatilis, C. tuta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1860	Rhynchonella tethys Billings p. 270 figs. 20-22
1867	Rhynchonella (Stenocisma) tethys Hall p. 335 figs. pi. liv, figs. 1 - 8
1884	Rhynchonella tethys Walcott p. 152
1893	Camarotoechia tethys Hall and Clarke p. 192 figs. pl. 67, f. 1, 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	Rhynchonellida	Kuhn 1949
superfamily	Rhynchonelloidea	Gray 1848
family	Camarotoechiidae	Schuchert and Le Vene 1929
subfamily	Camarotoechiinae	Schuchert 1929
genus	Camarotoechia	Hall and Clarke 1893
species	tethys	(Billings 1860)

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.

†Camarotoechia tethys Billings 1860

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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

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-02 13:58:50

Modified:

2009-06-02 15:58:50

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: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Givetian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	Canada (Ontario)	Camarotoechia tethys (3845 3846 3847 3849 3853)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	USA (New York)	Camarotoechia tethys (9540 9549 9550 9551 9615)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Indiana)	Camarotoechia tethys (170009)