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Torellellidae

Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Torellellidae Holm
1962Torellellidae Fisher p. 133
1993Torellellidae Brock and Cooper p. 776
2001Torellellidae Gravestock et al. p. 94
2006Torellellidae Skovsted p. 1101
2010Torellellidae Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 945

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
orderHyolithelminthida(Fischer 1962)
RankNameAuthor
familyTorellellidae
familyTorellellidae

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.

Fm. †Torellellidae Holm 1893
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G. †Annelitellus Qian 1989
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Invalid names: Annelitellus rotundapiculus Qian 1989 [synonym]
G. †Ruchtonia Cobbold and Pocock 1934
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Ruchtonia lata Cobbold and Pocock 1934
G. †Rushtonia Cobbold and Pocock 1934
G. †Torellella Holm 1893
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Torellella biconvexa Rozanov et al. 1969
Torellella curva Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Torellella explicata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Torellella guizhouensis Qian and Yin 1984
Torellella laevigata Linnarsson 1871
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Invalid names: Torellella latiuscula Vasil’yeva 1998 [synonym]
Torellella lentiformis Syssoiev 1962
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010"Conical bilaterally symmetrical tubes opened from both ends. Tube wall bilaminar, outer layer approximately 3 μm thick, inner layer 15 μm thick. Chemical composition of tube wall calcium phosphate. Cross-section of tubes oval. Tubes externally smooth, or ornamented by convex transversal rib."
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindo
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, non-motile attached, suspension feeding/detritivore according to Bambach et al (2007). f
Created: 2009-02-26 07:15:24
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:26:33
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Jinnigian to the top of the Harnagian or 538.80000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections (162 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jinnigian538.8 - 530.7China (Yunnan) Annelitellus yangtzensis (201550 201551)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Annelitellus yangtzensis (171896 171898 171899) Torellella sp. (96432)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Hunan) Rushtonia minuta, Torellella sp. (97715)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Torellella sp. (50417 50427)
Placentian538.8 - 516.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Torellella laevigata (86746)
Placentian538.8 - 516.2USA (Massachusetts) Torellella laevigata (56826 56827 56828 56834 56836 56837 56841 56853)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Norway (Mjøsa) Torellella laevigata (190138)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Spain (León) Torellella sp. (216221)
Meishucunian - Nemakit-Daldynian530.7 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Torellella sp. (96433)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Annelitellus yangtzensis (201521 201548 201569 201570 201571 201572)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Guizhou) Torellella guizhouensis (106998)
Meishucunian - Tommotian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Annelitellus yangtzensis (96449)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Ruchtonia sp. (45852) Torellella curva (45849) Torellella curvae (45847 45848) Torellella lentiformis (45850 45851 45856 96245)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Torellella laevigata (6896 9388 9393)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Hubei) Rushtonia minuta (155442 155444)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Torellella lentiformis (50370) Torellella tentiformis, Torellella curvae, Torellella plicata (50314)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Kazakhstan Torellella biconvexa (99298 99315 99322 99331 99354 99355 99356 99361)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0USA (Massachusetts) Torellella laevigata (56825 56830 56831)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Torellella curvae (96226) Torellella curvae, Torellella lentiformis (80812) Torellella lentiformis (80796 80809 80952 96251 96394) Torellella lentiformis, Torellella curva (90088) Torellella sp. (10041 80804)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Torellella laevigata (233199) Torellella lentiformis (50429 232906)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation Torellella biconvexa (90090)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Torellella lentiformis (80841)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Annelitellus yangtzensis (171902)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Torellella sp. (232887)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Torellella lentiformis (10253)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Torellella biconvexa, Torellella lentiformis (50321) Torellella curvae, Torellella biconvexa, Torellella lentiformis (50319) Torellella lentiformis (50369 50428) Torellella sp. (50431)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Torellella laevigata (6897)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Torellella laevigata (174247 174248 174257)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Shaanxi) Torellella sp. (57690)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Torellella laevigata (9384 9385 9386 9387 9389 9390)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Torellella lentiformis (80843)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Torellella sp. (49618 96931 97739 97740 97741 97746 97747 97749 97767 97768 97778 97779 97780 97781 97782 97783)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kyrgyzstan Torellella biconvexa (99325 99326) Torellella explicata (99328 99329)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kazakhstan Torellella biconvexa (99299 99300)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Sweden Torellella laevigata (9878 9879 9880)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0United Kingdom (England) Rushtonia sp. (79933)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Torellella lentiformis (233071)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Antarctica (South Shetland Islands) Torellella sp. (49691)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1France (Languedoc-Rousillon) Torellella mutila, Torellella sp. (232700)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Canada (Nova Scotia) Torellella laevigata (9350 9391)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5Canada (New Brunswick) Torellella laevigata (84379 84395 84396)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) Rushtonia sp. (79928)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5USA (Massachusetts) Torellella laevigata (56838 56840 56852)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1France (Languedoc-Rousillon) Torellella mutila, Torellella sp., Torellella lentiformis (81088)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Torellella biconvexa (96957) Torellella biconvexa, Torellella curva, Torellella explicata (97700) Torellella curva, Torellella explicata (96932) Torellella sp. (96958 97751) Torellella sp., Torellella explicata (96959)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1USA (Massachusetts) Torellella laevigata (56839)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Yakutia) Torellella sp. (232979)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Norway (Mjosen) Torellella laevigata (42220)
Botomian - Lenian516.0 - 508.2Mongolia Torellella lentiformis, Torellella curva (9994)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Kyrgyzstan Torellella sp. (81268)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland Torellella laevigata (49458 49463 49471 67780 67782 67786 67794 67799)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Australia (South Australia) Torellella laevigata (64451 64459 64460 64461)
Amgan - Mayan508.2 - 499.5Russian Federation (Leningrad Oblast) Torellella sp. (235438)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain (León) Torellella sp. (216174 216175 216179 216182)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 493.6Estonia (Harju) Torellella sp. (191666) Torellella sulcata (191179 191180 191184)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Sweden Torellella sp. (2769)