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Acrotreta sagittalis

Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae

Taxonomy
Obolella sagittalis was named by Salter (1865).

It was recombined as Linnarssonia sagittalis by Walcott (1885); it was recombined as Acrotreta sagittalis by Walcott (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Obolella sagittalis Salter p. 285
1885Linnarssonia sagittalis Walcott pp. 115, 116
1902Acrotreta sagittalis Walcott p. 594

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderAcrotretidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyAcrotretoidea
familyAcrotretidaeSchuchert 1893
genusAcrotretaKutorga 1848
speciessagittalis(Salter 1865)

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.

Acrotreta sagittalis Salter 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-04 15:02:28
Modified: 2009-06-04 17:02:28
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Menevian or 515.30000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (New York) Acrotreta sagittalis (203403)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Acrotreta sagittalis (50544 225278)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5United Kingdom (Wales) Linnarssonia sagittalis (193782 198942)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Acrotreta sagittalis (232932)