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Pelagiella adunca

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae

Taxonomy
Auriculatespira adunca was named by He et al. (1984). Its type locality is Near boundary of Fangcheng & Yexian Counties, which is in a Nangaoian carbonate limestone in the Xinji Formation of China.

It was recombined as Auriculaspira adunca by Zhou and Xiao (1984), Pei (1985), Feng et al. (1994); it was synonymized subjectively with Pelagiella madianensis by Parkhaev (2001), Parkhaev (2004); it was recombined as Pelagiella adunca by Rozanov and Missarzhevsky (1966), Bengtson et al. (1990), Runnegar (1990), Elicki (1996), Gubanov et al. (2004), Gubanov et al. (2004), Parkhaev (2004), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pelagiella adunca Rozanov and Missarzhevsky p. 103 figs. pl. 11 f. 1-2
1984Auriculatespira adunca He et al. p. 103 figs. pl. 11 f. 1-2
1984Auriculaspira adunca Zhou and Xiao p. 135 figs. pl. 4 f. 13-14
1985Auriculaspira adunca Pei p. 395
1990Pelagiella adunca Bengtson et al. pp. 254 - 256 figs. f. 168E-K
1990Pelagiella adunca Runnegar pp. 254 - 256 figs. f. 168E-K
1994Auriculaspira adunca Feng et al. pp. 10-11 figs. pl. 4 f. 1-19; pl. 5 f. 20; pl. 6 f. 9-10
1996Pelagiella adunca Elicki pp. 155 - 156 figs. pl. 8 f. 1-4
2004Pelagiella adunca Gubanov et al. p. 211 figs. f. 7.6-7.28
2004Pelagiella adunca Parkhaev pp. 604 - 605 figs. pl. 2 f. 10-14
2023Pelagiella adunca Wagner p. 5625

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
familyPelagiellidae
genusPelagiella
speciesadunca()

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.

Pelagiella adunca He et al. 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yess
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0s
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0s
Thickness: thins
Folds: nones
Ribbing: nones
Spines: nones
Internal reinforcement: nones
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:26:19
Modified: 2009-03-16 10:26:19
Source: s = species, g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Gubanov et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Toyonian or 521.00000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Andalusia) Pelagiella adunca (49474 49475 49477 49480)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Chitinskaya oblast) Pelagiella adunca (49373 49377 49378 49379 49380 49381 49382 49388 49389 49390 49391 49392)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Henan) Auriculaspira adunca (96523 96525) Auriculatespira adunca (type locality: 49532)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1China (Anhui) Auriculaspira adunca (107632)
Atdabanian - Lenian521.0 - 508.2Germany (Saxony) Pelagiella lorenzi (6899)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Pelagiella adunca (97751 97770 97773 97774 97775)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Chitinskaya oblast) Pelagiella adunca (49383 49384 49385 49387)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Australia (South Australia) Pelagiella adunca (64459 64460 64461 64462)