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Nucleospira ventricosa

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae

Taxonomy
Spirifer ventricosus was named by Hall (1857). It is the type species of Nucleospira.

It was recombined as Nucleospira ventricosus by Bassett and Cocks (1974), Jin and Chatterton (1997); it was recombined as Nucleospira ventricosa by Musteikis and Modzalevskaya (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Nucleospira ventricosus Bassett and Cocks
1997Nucleospira ventricosus Jin and Chatterton
2002Nucleospira ventricosa Musteikis and Modzalevskaya

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyNucleospiridaeDavidson 1881
genusNucleospiraHall 1859
speciesventricosa(Hall 1857)

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: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-03 08:58:01
Modified: 2009-06-03 10:58:01
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Eifelian or 422.70000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (California) Nucleospira ventricosa (79807)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) Nucleospira ventricosa (26826)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Yukon) Nucleospira ventricosa (14015)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Guangxi) Nucleospira ventricosa (41058)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) Nucleospira ventricosa (164273 164275)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62China (Guangxi) Nucleospira ventricosa (12930 115007)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) Nucleospira ventricosa (233202)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) Nucleospira ventricosa (9562 9564 9565 9566 9567 9569 9570 9571 9572 9573 9574 77056 77076 77077)