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Elversella rugosa

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Elversella rugosa was named by McRoberts and Newell (2001). Its type specimen is USNM 431325, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM702d, Hill 5725, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Hess Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Elversella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Elversella rugosa McRoberts and Newell p. 2 fig. 2
2005Elversella rugosa McRoberts and Newell p. 14 fig. 9a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyMyalinidaeFrech 1891
genusElversella
speciesrugosa

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.

Elversella rugosa McRoberts and Newell 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height425.318.842.422.710.8

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Eaton 1871

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Wordian or 303.70000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Elversella rugosa (43476)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Elversella rugosa (43468 43469 43474 43475 43481)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Elversella rugosa (43491 43492 43495 type locality: 43496 43497)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Myalina squamosa (108821)