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Skenidioides lewisii

Rhynchonellata - Protorthida - Skenidiidae

Taxonomy

Orthis lewisii was named by Davidson (1848).

It was recombined as Skenidioides lewisii by Bassett and Cocks (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. acuta, S. aequicostellata, S. boucoti, S. cingulatus, S. convexus, S. famulus, S. fascinatus, S. glindmeyeri, S. henryhousensis, S. hubeiensis, S. impressus, S. lewisi, S. mediocostatus, S. merope, S. moranus, S. obtusus, S. oelandica, S. perfectus, S. polonicus, S. pyramidale, S. quondongensis, S. skoliotus, S. suburbanum, S. suburbanus, S. tatyanae, S. thrinax, S. transversus, S. variabilis, S. variablis, S. woodlandensis, S. worsleyi, S. yiduensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1974	Skenidioides lewisii Bassett and Cocks

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Protorthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
superfamily	Skenidioidea	Kozlowski 1929
family	Skenidiidae	Kozlowski 1929
genus	Skenidioides	Schuchert and Cooper 1931
species	lewisii	(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.

†Skenidioides lewisii Davidson 1848

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10g

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 10:37:47

Modified:

2009-06-02 15:53:28

Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Jaani to the top of the Elton or 433.50000 to 421.30000 Ma

Collections (47 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Llandovery	443.1 - 432.9	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (195430 207293 207330)
Llandovery - Wenlock	443.1 - 426.7	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (13742)
Llandovery - Ludlow	443.1 - 422.7	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (26287 26288)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	Ireland	Skenidioides lewisii (76074)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192990)
Telychian	438.6 - 432.9	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Skenidioides lewisii (23297 23299 23302)
Jaani	433.5 - 431.2	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192560 192581 192582)
Jaani	433.5 - 431.2	Estonia (Hiiumaa)	Skenidioides lewisii (195429)
Jaani - Jaagarahu	433.5 - 428.6	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192579)
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	Sweden (Gotland)	Skenidioides lewisii (13527)
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	Sweden	Skenidioides lewisii (77533)
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192991 192992)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian	432.9 - 426.7	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192993)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (13744 13745 13746 13748 26284 26285 26286 195447 207295 207331 207343)
Jaagarahu	431.2 - 428.6	Estonia	Skenidioides lewisii (13734)
Jaagarahu	431.2 - 428.6	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192559)
Homerian - Jaagarahu	430.6 - 428.6	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192580 192583)
Homerian	430.6 - 426.7	Sweden (Gotland)	Skenidioides lewisii (13529)
Homerian	430.6 - 426.7	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192613 192994 207378 207380 207381)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (192995)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Lithuania	Skenidioides lewisii (13772 195446)
Ludlow - Elton	426.7 - 421.3	United Kingdom (Wales)	Skenidioides lewisii (74672)
Elton	422.7 - 421.3	United Kingdom (Wales)	Skenidioides lewisii (75051)