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Orbiculoidea forbesa

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Orbiculoidea forbesi Mitchell
1982Orbiculoidea forbesi Owen and Harper
1987Orbiculoidea forbesi Holmer
1989Orbiculoidea forbesa Holmer
2019Orbiculoidea forbesii Cocks p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusOrbiculoidead'Orbigny 1847
speciesforbesa(Davidson 1848)

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.

Orbiculoidea forbesa Davidson 1848
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:50:11
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:50:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Telychian or 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (England) Orbiculoidea forbesi (49635 49638 72417)