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Pliothyrina sowerbyana

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula sowerbyana was named by Nyst (1843). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized objectively with Terebratula variabilis by Muir-Wood (1938); it was recombined as Pliothyrina sowerbyana by Cooper (1983), García Ramos (2006) and Dulai (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Terebratula variabilis Sowerby
1843Terebratula sowerbyana Nyst
1938Terebratula variabilis Muir-Wood p. 175 fig. 9,10,13
1983Pliothyrina sowerbyana Cooper p. 237 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-4
2006Pliothyrina sowerbyana García Ramos p. 38 figs. Pl 7, figs 6,11-13
2016Pliothyrina sowerbyana Dulai p. 85 figs. 35-48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyTerebratulinaeGray 1840
genusPliothyrina
speciessowerbyana(Nyst 1843)

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.

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Invalid names: Terebratula variabilis Sowerby 1827 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height129.1

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Gelasian or 11.62000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Pliothyrina sowerbyana (187638)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom Pliothyrina sowerbyana (187606 187607 187608 187609 187610 187611)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Pliothyrina sowerbyana (233096)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands Pliothyrina sowerbyana (187618 187619)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom Pliothyrina sowerbyana (187612)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806France Pliothyrina sowerbyana (187616)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Terebratula variabilis (84757)