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Moorellina negevensis

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

Taxonomy
Moorellina negevensis was named by Krawczyński and Wilson (2011). Its type specimen is MZ VIII Bra-1684, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality C/W-226, Hamakhtesh Hagadol (subunits 53-54), which is in a Callovian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Matmor Formation of Israel.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Moorellina negevensis Krawczyński and Wilson p. 73 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; pl 2, fig 1; pl 3, fig 1; pl 4, figs 1-4; pl 5, figs 1-8

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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
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecideoidea(Gray 1840)
familyThecidellinidaeElliott 1958
subfamilyMoorellininaePajaud 1966
genusMoorellina
speciesnegevensis

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.

Moorellina negevensis Krawczyński and Wilson 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:47
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel Moorellina negevensis (type locality: 233479)