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Composita subtilita

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Terebratula subtilita was named by Hall (1852). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Athyris subtilita by Salter (1861), Derby (1876) and Meek (1877); it was recombined as Spirigera subtilita by Toula (1869); it was recombined as Seminula subtilita by Hall and Clarke (1895); it was recombined as Composita subtilita by Girty (1915), McKee (1938), Hoare (1961) and Mudge et al. (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Terebratula subtilita Hall p. 409 figs. pl. 4 f. 1a-b, 2a-c
1861Athyris subtilita Salter p. 64
1869Spirigera subtilita Toula p. 438 fig. 5
1876Athyris subtilita Derby p. 279
1877Athyris subtilita Meek p. 83 figs. Plate 8, figs. 6, 6a
1895Seminula subtilita Hall and Clarke p. 95 figs. 66, 67,58, 59; pi. 47, figs. 17-31
1915Composita subtilita Girty pp. 96-101 figs. pl. 5 f. 7; pl. 6 f. 13; pl. 12 f. 4-4c
1938Composita subtilita McKee p. 262 figs. Pl 48, fig 20
1961Composita subtilita Hoare pp. 89-90 figs. pl. 11 f. 20-25; pl. 12 f. 1-2
1962Composita subtilita Mudge et al. p. 77 figs. Pl 13, figs 4-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilySpirigerellinae
genusCompositaBrown 1849
speciessubtilita()

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.

†Composita subtilita Hall 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2065.560.80015.85.503.29
valve height912.77.1064.09.9018.2

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Guadalupian or 358.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (499 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7India Spirigera subtilita (230638)
Carboniferous - Chesterian358.9 - 323.2USA (Utah) Composita subtilita (13363)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) Athyris subtilita (214521)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Athyris subtilita (13091)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (1098 1119 1120 1121)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Composita subtilita (9859 9860 9955)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Nevada) Composita subtilita (12782 144019)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Kentucky) Seminula subtilita (158165)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Ohio) Composita subtilita (71998 184122 184125 184128 184131)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Nevada) Composita subtilita (229431 229442)
Pennsylvanian - Cisuralian323.2 - 273.01USA (California) Athyris subtilita (214585)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Missouri) Composita subtilita (70480)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Nevada) Composita subtilita (59845 59847)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) Composita subtilita (5678 5683)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arizona) Composita subtilita (90772)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Composita subtilita (195795)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Nevada) Composita subtilita (144021 144022)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Composita subtilita (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) Composita subtilita (184081 184098 184100)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Composita subtilita (993 70134 70249 70255 70258 70272 70284 70289 70290 70291 70292 70296 70297 70307 70308 70309 70379 70382 70383 70468 70474)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Composita subtilita (921 922 923 924 926 928 929 931 933 934 936 938 940 941 943 950 953 955 956 957 958 959 961 962 967 968 970 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 986 987 988 990 991 997 1002 1004 1005 1008 1012 1015 1016 1017 1025 1026 1029 1032 1033 1034 1037 1038 1042 76171)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Nevada) Composita subtilita (59849)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Composita subtilita (9980 9981 9987 9988 10056 10075 10076 10077 10078)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Composita subtilita (1040 8646)
Desmoinesian - Carboniferous312.8 - 298.9USA (Utah) Composita subtilita (13364)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Composita subtilita (41988)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9USA (Utah) Composita subtilita (39983 39984 39986 39987 39988 39989 39990 39992 39993)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Composita subtilita (233341)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Composita subtilita (215691 215692 215693)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Composita subtilita (159903 159904 174923)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Composita subtilita (184103 184105 184106)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (1077 1078 217916)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Composita subtilita (11951)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Wyoming) Composita subtilita (81193)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Composita subtilita (64273)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (149720 150111 150113 150114 150569 150801 151474)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Utah) Composita subtilita (39916 39917)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (1049 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1057 1059 1061 1062 1063 1064 1066 1067 1070 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1082 1083 1086 1087 1088 1104 1114 1125 1128 1129 1131 1132 1133 217891 217893 217894 217897 217901 217905 217906 217908 217913 217915 217927 217929 217932 217941 217952 217958 217960 217979 217992 217995 218002 218004 218019 218024 218025 219193)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Composita subtilita (49830 50219)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Composita subtilita (69720)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Composita subtilita (785 786 787 789 791 792 800 818 819 820 823 831 838 849 852 854 860 861 862 864 865 866 868 870 871 875 879 880 881 884 886)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Composita subtilita (52081 52082 146819 146828 156676 156708 215687 215688 215689)
Virgilian - Wolfcampian303.7 - 286.0USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (1090 1093 1094 1107 1108 1110 1124)
Gzhelian - Artinskian303.7 - 279.3Bolivia Athyris subtilita (120479)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Composita subtilita (11494 11531 11535 11548 11560 11575 11581 11583 11637 11663 11665 11666 11668 11671 11674 11675 11677 11678 11739 11778 11823 11843 11848 11849 11861 11879 11926 11948 11950 11953 11957 11988 11989 11995 11998 12002 12024 12026 12027 12028 12042 12044 12045 12046 12055 12056)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Nebraska) Composita subtilita (11660)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (108402 121456 149722 149856 150663)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Bolivia Composita subtilita (128629 128631 128632 128634 128636 128638 128639 128648 128651 128652 128653 128657 128658 128661 128663 128664 128665 128666 128667 128668) Spirifer roissyi (133181)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Peru (Cusco) Composita subtilita (41338)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Composita subtilita (784 788 790 793 796 798 799 801 813 815 821 822 829 848 863 867 869 873 883 896 12113 12114 12115 12118 12186 12188 12190 12253 12255 12323 12324 12355 12365 12373 12377 12381 12383 12384 12386 12391 12394 12427 12428 12434 12436 12439 12440 12441 12442)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (75646)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Ayacucho) Composita subtilita (41364 41366 41367 41368 41369 41373 41375 41376 41378 41379)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Bolivia Composita subtilita (62316)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) Composita subtilita (41334 41348 41349 41351 41354 41355 41357 41358 41359 41360 41361 41362)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Cusco) Composita subtilita (41342 41343 41344 41345 41347)
Asselian - Artinskian298.9 - 279.3USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (150579)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (1116)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (149859 149938 150812 150815 150816 150918 151081 151480 151481 151482)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia Composita subtilita (47002 47005 151100) Terebratula titicacensis (120469)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Seminula subtilita (131884)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3Bolivia Athyris subtilita (120489)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (149775 149858 149862 150673 150784 151476)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (149784)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Utah) Composita subtilita (11272)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Composita subtilita (233342)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (108400 113192 113193 113198 113203 113205 113216 113223 113224 122520 149773 149778 149779 149780 149782 149783 149785 149820 149831 149834 149931 149932 149993 150115 150116 150244 150245 150554 150556 150557 150603 150790 150811 150862 151158 151238 151266 151268 151343 151468 151470)
Kungurian - Wordian279.3 - 264.28USA (Texas) Composita subtilita (149822 151237)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51USA (Nevada) Athyris subtilita (142659)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Idaho) Composita subtilita (11285)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (California) Composita subtilita (105658)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Terebratula subtilita (121984)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17USA (Wyoming) Composita subtilita (11223)