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Westonia ella

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Westonia ella was named by Walcott (1912).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Westonia ella Walcott pp. 455-458 figs. . 33, figs. 3, 3a-c, pi. 47, figs. 1, 1a-p
1935Westonia ella Mason p. 101

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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
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyObolinaeKing 1846
genusWestoniaWalcott 1901
speciesellaWalcott 1912

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.

Westonia ella Walcott 1912
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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 13:43:29
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:43:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Westonia ella (191414)