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Acrothele (Redlichella) granulata

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Taxonomy
Acrothele granulata was named by Linnarsson (1876). It is the type species of Acrothele (Redlichella).

It was recombined as Acrothele (Redlichella) granulata by Walcott (1908), Henningsmoen (1952).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Acrothele (Redlichella) granulata Walcott pp. 89 - 90
1952Acrothele (Redlichella) granulata Henningsmoen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyAcrothelidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyAcrothelinaeWalcott and Schuchert 1908
genusAcrotheleLinnarsson 1876
subgenusRedlichella
speciesgranulata(Linnarsson 1876)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:39:25
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:39:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Lenian to the top of the Solvan or 516.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Sweden Acrothele granulata (87124 87184)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Norway (Rogaland) Acrothele granulata (76545)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Sweden (Norrbotten) Acrothele granulata (9782)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Norway (Rogaland) Acrothele granulata (190113)