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Protowenella

Orthothecida - Protowenellidae

Taxonomy

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Protowenella Runnegar and Jell
1978Protowenella Berg-Madsen and Peel p. 124
1989Protowenella Missarzhevsky p. 181
1992Protowenella Bengtson p. 1026
2002Protowenella Parkhaev p. 37
2002Protowenella Sepkoski
2004Protowenella Gubanov et al. p. 14
2006Protowenella Wotte p. 149
2021Protowenella Peel p. 391

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
familyProtowenellidae
genusProtowenella

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. †Protowenella Runnegar and Jell 1976
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Protowenella cobbensis MacKinnon 1985
Protowenella flemingi Runnegar and Jell 1976
Protowenella huainanensis Zhou and Xiao 1984
Protowenella plena Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Protowenella primaria Zhou and Xiao 1984
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. S. Peel 2021Strongly coiled, globose, isostrophic, with broad circumbilical channels on the umbilico-lateral walls of the internal mould. Whorl profile elliptical to circular, aperture simple, its margins coplanar. Operculum bilaterally symmetrical, seemingly with flat external surface, with prong-like cardinal processes and clavicles rising from a prominent comarginal clavicular ridge on the interior at the adumbilical margin. Shell ornamentation of comarginal growth lines and shallow corrugations, the latter sometimes visible on the internal mould.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-04-21 11:54:00
Modified: 2011-03-22 11:35:54
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Branchian to the top of the Menevian or 516.20000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian - Botomian525.5 - 512.1Iran P. sp. (10530)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kazakhstan P. plena (99300 99303)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kyrgyzstan P. plena (99328 99329)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1China (Anhui) P. huainanensis, P. primaria (107632)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (79928)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Antarctica P. sp. (199520 199523 199524)
Ordian511.2 - 508.0Australia (New South Wales) P. flemingi (56811)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Denmark P. flemingi (9876)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Morocco P. sp. (9122)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (49431)
Wuliuan506.5 - 504.5Greenland P. flemingi (279801 279802 279803)
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) P. flemingi (56809 93407 93409)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (9394)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Denmark (Bornholm) P. flemingi (50768)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0New Zealand (Nelson) P. cobbensis (7897)