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Spirifer pellaensis

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Taxonomy

Spirifer pellaensis was named by Weller (1914).

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, S. contractus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Spirifer pellaensis Weller p. 340 figs. Plate XLV, Figs. 1 - 31

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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	pellaensis

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 pellaensis Weller 1914

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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 Meramecian to the top of the Morrowan or 343.00000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections (24 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Mississippian	358.9 - 323.2	USA (Arizona)	Spirifer pellaensis (13154 124289)
Carboniferous	358.9 - 298.9	USA (New Mexico)	Spirifer pellaensis (12908 12911 12913 12914)
Carboniferous	358.9 - 298.9	USA (Arizona)	Spirifer pellaensis (124253 124288)
Chadian	346.7 - 340.0	USA (Indiana)	Spirifer pellaensis (2187 2191 2202 2204)
Meramecian	343.0 - 335.5	USA (Idaho)	Spirifer pellaensis (12864)
Meramecian	343.0 - 335.5	Canada (Alberta)	Spirifer pellaensis (62325 62327 62394 62396 62588 62589)
Meramecian	343.0 - 335.5	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Spirifer pellaensis (62438)
Chesterian	335.5 - 323.2	USA (Montana)	Spirifer pellaensis (211323)
Late/Upper Mississippian	330.9 - 323.2	USA (California)	Spirifer pellaensis (226417)
Arnsbergian	327.0 - 323.7	USA (California)	Spirifer pellaensis (220592)
Morrowan	323.2 - 318.6	USA (Nevada)	Spirifer pellaensis (12782)