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Richinidae

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Richinidae

Taxonomy
Richinidae was named by Sohn (1961). Its type is Richina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aechminidae by Schallreuter et al. (2007).

It was assigned to Drepanellacea by Benson et al. (1961); to Bollioidea by Liebau (2005); and to Binodicopina by Abushik (2015) and Melnikova (2020).

Subtaxa
Bodeniella, Jonesella, Richina (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Richinidae Benson et al. p. Q131
1961Richinidae Sohn
2005Richinidae Liebau p. 120
2015Richinidae Abushik p. 492
2020Richinidae Melnikova p. 598

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyRichinidaeSohn 1961
familyRichinidaeSohn 1961

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.

Fm. †Richinidae Sohn 1961
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G. †Jonesella
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†Jonesella crepidiformis Ulrich 1890
G. †Richina
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†Richina subcircularis Coryell and Malkin 1936
†Richina trinodosa Kesling and Chilman 1978
†Richina truncata Coryell and Malkin 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Givetian or 453.80000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Jonesella obscura (219965)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Jonesella obscura (34546)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Ontario) Jonesella crepidiformis (173033)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Jonesella crepidiformis (162346 173073)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) Jonesella pedigera, Jonesella crepidiformis (162345)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Jonesella sp. (56000)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) R. sp. (24829)
Helderbergian - Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Richina biconica (13875)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Richina biconica (13876)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland Richina propria, Richina varia (13878)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Richina subcircularis, Richina truncata (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) Richina subcircularis, Richina trinodosa, Richina truncata (38475)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Richina selenicristata (94041 94042 94047 94049) Richina selenicristata, Richina sp. (94048) Richina truncata (206793)