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Fenestellidae

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Fenestellidae King
1911Fenestellidae Bassler
1953Fenestellidae Bassler p. G120
1956Fenestellidae Astrova and Morozova p. 662
1963Fenestellidae Campbell and Engel p. 65
2000Fenestellidae Gilmour and Snyder p. 558
2009Fenestellidae Ernst and Bohatý

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familyFenestellidae
familyFenestellidae

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. †Fenestellidae King 1850
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G. †Archaefenestella Miller 1962
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Archaefenestella mobergi Hennig 1906
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Archimedes orientalis Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Archimedes regina Crockford 1947
Archimedes stuckenbergi Nikiforova 1938
G. †Bicorbis Condra and Elias 1945
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Bicorbis arizonica Condra and Elias 1945
Invalid names: Bicorbula Condra and Elias 1945 [replaced]
G. †Bigeyina Suarez-Andres and Mckinney 2011
G. †Cavernella Morozova 1974
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Cavernella arsenjevi Kiseleva 1979
Cavernella asiatica Gorjunova and Morozova 1979
Cavernella brevicardinis Trizna 1950
Cavernella cavifera Schulga-Nesterenko 1939
Cavernella caviferaeformis Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Cavernella dvinensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
Cavernella gregalis Trizna 1939
Cavernella kubergandensis Gorjunova 1975
Cavernella nitida Trizna 1939
Cavernella nitidaeformis Morozova 1970
Cavernella supercarbonica Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
G. †Ernstipora Suárez-Andrés and Wyse Jackson 2014
G. †Exfenestella Morozova 1974
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Exfenestella erkovae Shulga-Nesterenko 1951
Exfenestella fidelis Gorjunova and Morozova 1979
Exfenestella gzhelensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
Exfenestella parvula Trizna 1939
Exfenestella plana Morozova 1986
Exfenestella vrzhoseki Kiseleva 1982
G. †Fabifenestella Morozova 1974
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Fabifenestella abancaya Sakagami 2004
Fabifenestella ajensis Trizna 1950
Fabifenestella completa Morozova 1986
Fabifenestella irregularis Nikiforova 1938
Fabifenestella jabiensis Waagen and Pichl 1885
Fabifenestella permiana Stukenberg 1895
Fabifenestella praevirgosa Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
Fabifenestella procera Trizna 1950
Fabifenestella pseudovirgosa Nekhoroshev 1938
Fabifenestella quadratopora Schulga-Nesterenko 1939
Fabifenestella subpermiana Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Fabifenestella subvirgosa Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Fabifenestella sulaensis Kruchinina 1986
Fabifenestella tortuosa Trizna and Klautsan 1959
Fabifenestella ufensis Nikiforova 1938
Fabifenestella vediensis Morozova 1965
Fabifenestella virgosa Eichwald 1860
G. †Fenestella Lonsdale 1839
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Fenestella affluensa Bretnall 1926
Fenestella akselensis Nakrem 1994
Fenestella alexinensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
Fenestella amplia Crockford 1944
Fenestella angusta Fischer 1837
Fenestella anodosa Campbell 1961
Fenestella bendensis Harlton 1933
Fenestella beschevenisformis Nikiforova 1933
Fenestella biarmica Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Fenestella borsiensis Popeko 1978
Fenestella brachipora Trizna 1950
Fenestella cacuminatis Crockford 1944
Fenestella canthariformis Crockford 1941
Fenestella catagrapha Gorjunova 1975
Fenestella changxingiana Yang and Lu 1980
Fenestella chapmani Crockford 1944
Fenestella cibaria Trizna 1950
Fenestella cincta Crockford 1949
Fenestella clivosa Gorjunova 1975
Fenestella columnaris Crockford 1944
Fenestella concava Gorjunova 1975
Fenestella cystica Campbell and Engel 1963
Fenestella dargoensis Talent 1963
Fenestella darvazensis Gorjunova 1970
Fenestella disjecta Crockford 1944
Fenestella dispersa Crockford 1943
Fenestella distincta Nikiforova 1938
Fenestella elegantissima Eichwald 1860
Fenestella enta Kruchinina 1973
Fenestella firmior Ceretti 1963
Fenestella fossula Lonsdale 1844
Fenestella frivola Trizna 1938
Fenestella funicula Ulrich 1890
Fenestella gammata Trizna 1938
Fenestella gracilis Dana 1849
Fenestella granularis Harlton 1933
Fenestella gruntae Gorjunova 1970
Fenestella hilli Girty 1909
Fenestella incelebris Gorjunova 1975
Fenestella infraseptata Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Fenestella intuberculata Popeko 1978
Fenestella irrevocabilis Gorjunova 1975
Fenestella jupiterensis Bassler 1928
Fenestella kalaktashensis Gorjunova 1975
Fenestella khasanensis Kiseleva 1982
Fenestella komalarjuni Sakagami 1966
Fenestella kosomensis Harlton 1933
Fenestella krachokensis Sakagami 1968
Fenestella kuloyensis Morozova 1970
Fenestella laosensis Mansuy 1913
Fenestella lata de Gregorio 1930
Fenestella lennardi Crockford 1944
Fenestella macleayensis Campbell 1962
Fenestella macronodata Sakagami 1964
Fenestella malchii Crockford 1949
Fenestella markini Morozova 1970
Fenestella media Dana 1849
Fenestella micropora Crockford 1949
Fenestella microtuberculata Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Fenestella mimica Ulrich 1937
Fenestella minutula Gorjunova 1975
Fenestella monoseriata Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Fenestella neoforaminosa Trizna and Klautsan 1959
Fenestella oklahomensis Harlton 1933
Fenestella orientalis Bassler 1929
Fenestella osbornei Crockford 1949
Fenestella otae Sakagami 1964
Fenestella pamirensis Gorjunova 1970
Fenestella plebeja M'Coy 1844
Fenestella plotnikovi Morozova 1970
Fenestella polyporata Phillips 1836
Fenestella popeana Prout 1858
Fenestella praerobusta Trizna 1948
Fenestella pseudorhomboidea Morozova 1970
Fenestella pulcherrima Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Fenestella quasipermulta Morozova 1970
Fenestella quinquecella Crockford 1941
Fenestella rectangularis Crockford 1949
Fenestella reversicnotta Nakrem 1994
Fenestella rockhamptonensis Crockford 1946
Fenestella roucheli Crockford 1947
Fenestella rudisiformis Nekhoroshev 1953
Fenestella ruidacarinata Crockford 1944
Fenestella serratula Ulrich 1890
Fenestella simulatrix Crockford 1946
Fenestella sinopermiana Yang and Lu 1962
Fenestella sparsinodata Crockford 1946
Fenestella spinulifera Moore 1929
Fenestella striolata Eichwald 1860
Fenestella subconstans Yang and Lu 1962
Fenestella sublaticrescens Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Fenestella subrudis Condra 1902
Fenestella swaini Campbell and Engel 1963
Fenestella texana Girty 1909
Fenestella thaiensis Sakagami 1966
Fenestella ussuriensis Kiseleva 1979
Fenestella vadosa Gorjunova 1975
Fenestella valentis Crockford 1944
Fenestella varicosa M'Coy 1844
Fenestella veneris Fischer 1837
Fenestella yarrolensis Crockford 1947
Invalid names: Fenestrella d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Rhombofenestella Termier and Termier 1971 [nomen dubium], Rugofenestella Termier and Termier 1971 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. †Fenestellinae King 1849
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G. †Archaeofenestella Miller 1962
G. †Laxifenestella Morozova 1974
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Laxifenestella borealis Popeko 1978
Laxifenestella contracta Morozova 1981
Laxifenestella exserta Laseron 1918
Laxifenestella firma Morozova 1981
Laxifenestella lahuseni Stuckenberg 1895
Laxifenestella sarytshevae Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
Laxifenestella stschugorensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Laxifenestella stuckenbergi Nikiforova 1938
G. †Minilya Crockford 1944
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Minilya binodata Condra 1902
Minilya bispinulata Moore 1930
Minilya bituberculata Crockford 1941
Minilya compactilis Condra 1902
Minilya duplaris Crockford 1944
Minilya geminanoda Moore 1930
Minilya girtyi Elias 1937
Minilya kukaensis Bassler 1929
Minilya magnispinata Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Minilya megacapillaris Sakagami 1968
Minilya multipora Xia 1983
Minilya multiporataeformis Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Minilya ninae Viskova 1961
Minilya nomate Sakagami 1961
Minilya paratuberculifera Yang and Lu 1962
Minilya perelegans Waagen and Pichl 1885
Minilya podscheremensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Minilya praerhomboidea Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
Minilya princeps Crockford 1944
Minilya pseudoamplia Sakagami 1966
Minilya rhomboidea Nikiforova 1938
Minilya shurae Morozova 1970
Minilya taishakuensis Sakagami and Akagi 1961
Minilya toriyamae Sakagami 1964
Minilya tuberculata Kruchinina 1986
G. †Spinofenestella Termier and Termier 1971
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Spinofenestella absoluta Gorjunova and Morozova 1979
Spinofenestella geinitzi d'Orbigny 1850
Spinofenestella lata Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Spinofenestella magna Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Spinofenestella microfenestrata Schulga-Nesterenko 1939
Spinofenestella popovi Nekhoroshev 1959
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Invalid names: Fenestella bifidiformis Morozova 1970 [synonym]
Spinofenestella solida Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Spinofenestella speciosa Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Spinofenestella subquadratopora Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Spinofenestella surda Trizna and Klautsan 1961
Spinofenestella tschernovi Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Invalid names: Alternifenestella Termier and Termier 1971 [synonym]
G. †Fenestrellina d'Orbigny 1849
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Fenestrellina alia Crockford 1944
Fenestrellina apurimacana Chronic 1949
Fenestrellina salebrosa Chronic 1949
Fenestrellina sparsigemmata Crockford 1944
G. †Filites
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Filites expressus Trizna 1939
Filites hashimotoi Sakagami 1964
Filites percognitus Trizna 1939
Filites quaesitus Trizna 1939
Filites solita Gorjunova and Morozova 1979
Filites trapezoida Nikiforova 1938
Filites zigzag Sakagami 1961
G. †Flexifenestella Morozova 1974
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Flexifenestella eichwaldi Stuckenberg 1895
Flexifenestella foraminosa Eichwald 1860
Flexifenestella grandis Harlton 1933
Flexifenestella grandissima Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Flexifenestella komiensis Kruchinina 1973
Flexifenestella magnopora Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Flexifenestella notata Trizna 1950
Flexifenestella petschorica Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Flexifenestella reteporinaeformis Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Flexifenestella reteporoides Nekhoroshev 1953
Flexifenestella subgrandissima Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
G. †Hemitrypa
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Hemitrypa punjabensis Reed 1931
Hemitrypa sexangula Lonsdale 1844
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Hemitrypella nekhoroshevi Ariunchimeg 1992
G. †Hinganotrypa Romantchuk and Kiseleva 1968
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Hinganotrypa conspecta Romantchuk and Kiseleva 1968
Hinganotrypa sichuanensis Yang and Xia 1974
G. †Isotrypa
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Levifenestella altacarinata Crockford 1941
Levifenestella rottiensis Bassler 1929
Levifenestella undecimalis Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
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Lyrocladia angusticlada Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Lyrocladia astricta Trizna 1939
Lyrocladia permica Schulga-Nesterenko 1930
Lyrocladia pseudopulchra Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Lyrocladia pulchra Schulga-Nesterenko 1938
Lyrocladia schaktauensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Lyrocladia tratauensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Lyrocladia undata Kruchinina 1986
Lyrocladia vera Morozova 1986
G. †Lyropora
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Lyropora erkosoides Etheridge Jr. 1926
Lyropora serissima Nakrem 1994
Invalid names: Dictyoretmon [synonym], Lyroporella Simpson 1895 [synonym], Lyroporidra [objective synonym]
G. †Moorephylloporina Bassler 1952
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G. †Narynella Morozova 2001
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Narynella leptothecata Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Narynella narynica Nikiforova 1933
Narynella shamovi Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Narynella unica Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Narynella variabilis Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
G. †Ogbinofenestella Morozova 2001
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Ogbinofenestella duplipora Morozova 1965
G. †Paraptylopora Morozova 2001
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Paraptylopora varioclada Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
G. †Paraseptopora Lisitsyn 1991
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Paraseptopora praestans Trizna 1950
Paraseptopora ptiloporoides Baranova 1960
Paraseptopora uralica Nikiforova 1938
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Invalid names: Pinnatopora belajensis Trizna 1939 [synonym], Pinnatopora invisa Trizna 1939 [synonym], Septopora paradoxa Nikiforova 1938 [synonym]
Paraseptopora variacellata Shishova 1957
G. †Permofenestella Morozova 1974
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Permofenestella angustataeformis Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Permofenestella colymaensis Nekhoroshev 1955
Permofenestella labuensis Morozova 1970
Permofenestella olexivi Popeko 1978
Permofenestella pentagonalis Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Permofenestella plana Kruchinina 1986
Permofenestella probata Morozova 1986
Permofenestella simplex Morozova 1991
Permofenestella vera Morozova 1991
G. †Polycladiopora Morozova 2001
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Polycladiopora munda Trizna 1939
Polycladiopora pinnata Trizna 1939
Polycladiopora septoporoides Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
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Pseudounitrypa nekhoroshevi Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
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Ptiloporella irregularis Nikiforova 1938
Ptiloporella larga Trizna 1950
Ptiloporella ufensis Nikiforova 1938
G. †Rectifenestella Morozova 1974
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Rectifenestella accurata Trizna 1950
Rectifenestella araxensis Nikiforova 1933
Rectifenestella compacta Morozova 1986
Rectifenestella cordiretiformis Snyder and Gilmour 2006
Rectifenestella crassinodata Ernst et al. 2006
Rectifenestella donensis Morozova 1955
Rectifenestella expansa Crockford 1946
Rectifenestella gijigensis Nekhoroshev 1959
Rectifenestella gilianshanensis Yang and Lu 1962
Rectifenestella granulifera Crockford 1941
Rectifenestella logica Morozova 1986
Rectifenestella lunaris Schulga-Nesterenko 1941
Rectifenestella medvedkensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
Rectifenestella microporata Shulga-Nesterenko 1939
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Invalid names: Fenestella cornifera Schulga-Nesterenko 1941 [synonym]
Rectifenestella nikiforovae Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Rectifenestella originaria Morozova 1991
Rectifenestella ornata Schulga-Nesterenko 1939
Rectifenestella ornatiformis Gorjunova 1975
Rectifenestella permulta Morozova 1970
Rectifenestella retiformis von Schlotheim 1816
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Invalid names: Fenestella antiqua Goldfuss 1828 [synonym], Gorgonia infundibuliformis Goldfuss 1826 [synonym], Retepora flustracea Phillips 1829 [synonym]
Rectifenestella robusta Schulga-Nesterenko 1936
Rectifenestella sparsa Crockford 1946
Rectifenestella submicroporata Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Rectifenestella subornata Schulga-Nesterenko 1952
Rectifenestella tenax Ulrich 1888
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Invalid names: Fenestella nerutschensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1951 [synonym], Fenestella schwetzovi Schulga-Nesterenko 1951 [synonym]
Rectifenestella zavodovskyi Nekhoroshev 1959
Invalid names: Aequifenestella Termier and Termier 1971 [nomen dubium]
G. †Reteporina d'Orbigny 1849
G. †Ryhopora Southwood 1990
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Ryhopora delicata Southwood 1990
G. †Seriopora
G. †Unitrypa
G. †Utropora
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-02-27 02:34:38
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:34:38
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Zechstein or 451.00000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (1744 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7Italy Moorephylloporina contii (143881)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) Fenestella sp. (7779)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Fenestella sp. (73012 73014 73016)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Fenestella sp. (72650 72656 72666 73071 73073 73076 73078)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2France Moorephylloporina contii (143879)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Fenestella sp. (392 394)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarna) Fenestella striolata (2756)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Estonia Fenestella striolata (167591)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Sweden Fenestella sp. (2759) Fenestella striolata (164285)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Loculipora sp. (79513)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Fenestella sp. (206156 206158)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) Fenestella subornata (110490)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Fenestella tuberculifera, Fenestella changxingiana (51424)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Fenestella sichuanensis (98070) Fenestella sp. (95600)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Greenland Fenestellidae indet. (117973)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Fenestella sinopermiana (105215)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Tajikistan Fenestella concava (109076) Fenestella permiana (109082 109085)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China Fenestella sp. (217016 220876)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Fenestella zavodovskyi, Fenestella gijigensis (131245)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) Fenestella changxingiana (121012) Fenestella sp. (121015)