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Spirifer mercurii

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Taxonomy

Spirifer mercurii was named by Gosselet (1880).

It was recombined as Howellella mercurii by Eichholt et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. acutosinu, S. allatus, S. arkansanus, S. audaculus, S. bifurcatus, S. casteri, S. clathratus, S. convolutus, S. coplowensis, S. crassus, S. crispatus, S. datsanensis, S. duplicicostus, S. floydensis, S. forbesi, S. furcatus, S. gancaohuensis, S. grandicostatus, S. greenockensis, S. keokuk, S. kingi, S. konincki, S. louisianensis, S. macrothyris, S. marcyi, S. marionensis, S. matheri, S. mosquensis, S. mundulus, S. occidus, S. opinius, S. osbonei, S. osbornei, S. pellensis, S. planicostus, S. platynotus, S. raymondi, S. rowleyi, S. S. centronatus Winchell, S. S. grimesi Hall, S. shepardi, S. shephardi, S. stratiformis, S. striatiformis, S. sulcatus, S. thetides, S. vanuxemi, S. vernonensis, S. veronensis, S. vespertilio, S. washingtonensis, S. welleri, S. winchelli, S. fusiformis, S. gortanii, S. subspeciosus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1880	Spirifer mercurii Gosselet
2021	Howellella mercurii Eichholt et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Spiriferida
suborder	Spiriferidina
superfamily	Spiriferoidea	()
family	Spiriferidae
subfamily	Spiriferinae
genus	Spirifer
species	mercurii	Gosselet 1880

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.

†Spirifer mercurii Gosselet 1880

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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:

10 to < 100g

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-06-06 11:20:58

Modified:

2009-06-06 13:20:58

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

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

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Pragian or 419.20000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Helderbergian - Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	Spain (Guadalajara)	Howellella mercurii (13930)
Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	Tajikistan	Howellella mercurii (13981)
Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	France	Howellella mercurii (25973 26116)
Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	Russian Federation (Bashkir)	Howellella mercurii (13955)
Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	Spain	Howellella mercurii (13922 13923)
Lochkovian	419.2 - 410.8	Morocco	Howellella mercurii (13935 13936 13938 221394 221411)
Pragian	410.8 - 407.6	France (Bretagne)	Howellella mercurii (81603)