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Oepikina inquassa

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Taxonomy
Strophomena inquassa was named by Sardeson (1892).

It was recombined as Rafinesquina inquassa by Kay (1929); it was recombined as Oepikina inquassa by Pope (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Strophomena inquassa Sardeson pp. 334 - 335 figs. Plate v, figures 22, 23 and 24
1929Rafinesquina inquassa Kay p. 661
1982Oepikina inquassa Pope p. L13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyFurcitellidae(Williams 1965)
genusOepikina()
speciesinquassa()

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.

Oepikina inquassa Sardeson 1892
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-10 11:56:20
Modified: 2009-06-10 13:56:20
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: Shermanian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Oepikina inquassa (23797 23798)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Oepikina inquassa (219962) Rafinesquina inquassa (219965)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Oepikina inquassa (23796)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Oepikina inquassa (23277 23290)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Oepikina inquassa (23278)