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Rugadiscina rugata

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy
Orbicula rugata was named by Sowerby (1839).

It was recombined as Discina rugata by Sowerby (1859); it was recombined as Orbiculoidea rugata by Cocks (1978); it was recombined as Rugadiscina rugata by Mergl (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Orbicula rugata Sowerby p. 610 figs. pl. 5, fig. 11
1859Discina rugata Sowerby
1978Orbiculoidea rugata Cocks pp. 27, 174
2006Rugadiscina rugata Mergl p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusRugadiscina
speciesrugata(Sowerby 1839)

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.

†Rugadiscina rugata Sowerby 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:28:50
Modified: 2009-10-11 12:18:33
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Pridoli or 432.90000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Orbiculoidea rugata (13672)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0United Kingdom (England) Orbiculoidea rugata (480)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Orbiculoidea rugata (478 49657)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (Wales) Orbiculoidea rugata (74670 74671 74805)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Orbiculoidea rugata (8295 8296 8297 8298 8299 8300 8301 8303 8306 8307 8308 8309 8310 8312 8314 8315 8320 8321 8322 23107)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (Wales) Rugadiscina rugata (153611)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland Orbiculoidea rugata (23040)