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Canalisella leviplica

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferella leviplica was named by Waterhouse and Waddington (1982). Its type specimen is GSC 30799 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-4074, Blind Fiord, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the van Hauen Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Canalisella.

It was recombined as Canalisella leviplica by Waterhouse (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Spiriferella leviplica Waterhouse and Waddington p. 26 figs. Pl 7, figs 5-11
2004Canalisella leviplica Waterhouse

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderSpiriferidina
superfamilySpiriferoidea()
familySpiriferellidaeWaterhouse 1968
subfamilySpiriferellinaeWaterhouse 1968
genusCanalisella
speciesleviplica()

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.

Canalisella leviplica Waterhouse and Waddington 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height128.0

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Canada (Nunavut) Spiriferella leviplica (121797 121798 121799 121800 type locality: 121803 121809)