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Pirgulia

Strophomenata - Productida - Lyttoniidae

Taxonomy
Pirgulia was named by Cooper and Muir-Wood (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 538]. Its type is Lyttonia (Pirgula) pedicula.

It was assigned to Lyttoniinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Lyttonia (Pirgula) de Gregorio p. 30
1951Pirgulia Cooper and Muir-Wood p. 195
2000Pirgulia Williams et al. p. 634
2002Pirgulia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyLyttonioidea
familyLyttoniidae
subfamilyLyttoniinae
genusPirgulia

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.

G. †Pirgulia Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951
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Pirgulia conica Gemmellaro 1891
Pirgulia pedicula de Gregorio 1930
Invalid names: Pirgula de Gregorio 1930 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wordian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Thailand P. sp. (120945)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Lyttonia pedicula (233340)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia P. conica (107064 107066)