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Murinella biconvexa

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Murinella biconvexa was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 117629a, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Murinella biconvexa Cooper pp. 845 - 846 figs. Plate 227, C, figures 8-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyFurcitellidae(Williams 1965)
genusMurinellaCooper 1956
speciesbiconvexa

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.

†Murinella biconvexa Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) Murinella biconvexa (35426)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Murinella biconvexa (203284 203285)