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Sowerbyella soudleyensis

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Taxonomy

Sowerbyella sericea soudleyensis was named by Jones (1928). Its type specimen is GSM 37528, a valve (a dorsal internal mould), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sowerbyella soudleyensis by Williams (1963); it was recombined as Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) soudleyensis by Cocks (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. aequicostellata, S. austrum, S. cava, S. crassa, S. delicatula, S. eximia, S. gigantea C, S. indistincta, S. levanonensis, S. millinensis, S. minuta, S. negrita, S. pisum, S. pleba, S. plebia, S. plicatellus, S. plicatifera, S. ringsakerensis, S. senaria, S. sericea, S. sladenisis, S. variabilis, S. vulgata, S. minor, S. plana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Sowerbyella sericea soudleyensis Jones p. 417 figs. pl. 21, figs 5–6
1963	Sowerbyella soudleyensis Williams p. 432 figs. pl. 12, figs 1–8
2010	Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) soudleyensis Cocks p. 1196 figs. Plate 10, figure 10; Plate 11, figures 6–14

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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	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Sowerbyellidae	Opik 1930
subfamily	Sowerbyellinae	Opik 1930
genus	Sowerbyella	Jones 1928
species	soudleyensis	()

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.

†Sowerbyella soudleyensis Jones 1928

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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:

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:

2009-04-13 09:02:41

Modified:

2018-11-10 18:01:17

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

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

Age range: base of the Keila to the top of the Oandu or 453.90000 to 451.80000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Keila - Oandu	453.9 - 451.8	Norway	Sowerbyella sericea (164414)