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Crassitestella reedi

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Taxonomy
Leptaena reedi was named by Cocks (1968). Its type specimen is B 73341, a shell (conjoined valves), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 7: Woodland Point, 430 meters west of Woodland farm (section only exposed at low-tide), which is in a Rhuddanian marine limestone in the Saugh Hill Grits Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Laevicyphomena reedi by Temple (1987); it was recombined as Crassitestella reedi by Baarli (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Leptaena reedi Cocks pp. 310 - 311 figs. PI. 10, figs. 1-14
1987Laevicyphomena reedi Temple pp. 80 - 81 figs. Pl. 8: 11 - 13
1995Crassitestella reedi Baarli pp. 39 - 40 figs. Pl. 12 : 18, Pl. 13 : 1-11

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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
familyRafinesquinidaeSchuchert 1893
genusCrassitestellaBaarli 1995
speciesreedi()

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.

†Crassitestella reedi Cocks 1968
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. M. Cocks 1968Small Leptaena, transverse, thick shelled, with large area and pseudodeltidium.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 09:59:34
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:59:35
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Rhuddanian or 443.10000 to 440.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Norway (Oslo-Asker) Leptaena reedi (191021)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Norway (Asker) Leptaena reedi (191024)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Leptaena reedi (type locality: 72412)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Wales) Laevicyphomena reedi (4964 4965)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6United Kingdom (Wales) Laevicyphomena reedi (4929 4931 4942 4943 4947 4950 4953 4954 4959 4961 4974 4982 4990 4991 4999)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9United Kingdom (Wales) Leptaena reedi (3207)