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Owenella

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Coreospiridae

Taxonomy
Owenella was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u O Trem-l Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protowarthiidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Bucaniellinae by Knight et al. (1960); to Bucanellidae by Starobogatov (1970); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Coreospiridae by Wagner (2023).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Owenella Ulrich and Scofield
1960Owenella Knight et al. p. 175
1970Owenella Starobogatov p. 300
2002Owenella Sepkoski
2023Owenella Wagner p. G999

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
familyCoreospiridae
genusOwenella

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. †Owenella Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Owenella antiquata Whitfield 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:02:09
Modified: 2009-03-04 12:02:09
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) O. sp. (216013 216014 216018)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Utah) O. sp. (259)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) O. antiquata (93598) O. sp. (255)