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Plectospira ferita

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula ferita was named by von Buch (1835).

It was recombined as Ptychospira ferita by Hall and Clarke (1894), Stauffer (1930); it was recombined as Plectospira ferita by Cooper (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Terebratula ferita von Buch p. 76
1894Ptychospira ferita Hall and Clarke p. 112
1930Ptychospira ferita Stauffer pp. 87, 102
1942Plectospira ferita Cooper p. 228

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderRetziidinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyRetzioideaWaagen 1883
familyNeoretziidaeDagis 1972
subfamilyPlectospirinae
genusPlectospira
speciesferita(von Buch 1835)

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.

Plectospira ferita von Buch 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:06:56
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:56
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Silurian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 443.10000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Ptychospira ferita (229257)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Myanmar Plectospira ferita (25737)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany Plectospira ferita (60466)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) Plectospira ferita (5767)