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Onychocellidae

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Onychocellidae Jullien
1953Onychocellidae Bassler p. G168
1958Onychocellidae Brown
1962Onychocellidae Cheetham p. 324
1999Onychocellidae Gordon and Taylor
2000Onychocellidae Pouyet
2003Onychocellidae Schmidt
2003Onychocellidae Zágoršek and Kroh p. 402
2006Onychocellidae Berning p. 40
2006Onychocellidae Bock
2013Onychocellidae Di Martino and Taylor p. 87
2014Onychocellidae Di Martino and Taylor
2015Onychocellidae Gordon and Taylor
2017Onychocellidae Taylor and Martha p. 26
2020Onychocellidae Koromyslova and Seltser p. 701

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyOnychocellidaeJullien 1882
familyOnychocellidaeJullien 1882

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. Onychocellidae Jullien 1882
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G. †Aechmella Canu and Bassler 1917
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Aechmella ambigua MacGillivray 1895
Aechmella depressa MacGillivray 1895
Aechmella poluzzii Moissette 1988
Aechmella rangiauriensis Taylor and Gordon 2007
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Cheethamia aktolagayensis Koromyslova et al. 2018
Cheethamia dividia Håkansson et al. 2024
Cheethamia volgaensis Koromyslova and Seltser 2020
G. Chondriovelum Hayward and Thorpe 1988
G. †Collura
G. †Distefanella Cipolla 1922
G. †Ehrhardina Martha and Taylor 2016
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Ehrhardina pikeae Martha and Taylor 2016
Ehrhardina voigti Martha and Taylor 2016
G. †Euritina
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Euritina denticulata Roemer 1840
G. Floridina Jullien 1881
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Floridina asymmetrica Canu and Bassler 1920
Floridina elegans Gordon and Taylor 2015
Floridina pentagonus Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
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Floridinella australiensis Canu and Bassler 1935
G. †Inversaria von Hagenow 1851
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Inversaria gondwanae Gordon and Taylor 1999
G. †Nudicella Schmidt and Bone 2004
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Nudicella dissidens Håkansson et al. 2024
Nudicella fossilis Gordon and Taylor 1999
G. †Ogiva Jullien 1881
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Ogiva concamerata Waters 1881
Ogiva ellinorvoigtae Martha et al. 2015
Ogiva elongata Canu and Bassler 1935
Ogiva incompta Gordon and Taylor 1999
Ogiva promonturiorum Voigt 1924
G. Onychocella Jullien 1882
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Onychocella cyclostoma Goldfuss 1826
Onychocella depressa von Hagenow 1851
Onychocella lamellosa Gordon and Taylor 1999
Onychocella michaudiana d'Orbigny 1850
Onychocella reussi Prantl 1938
Onychocella spinifera Voigt 1981
Onychocella subtriangulata Gordon and Taylor 2015
Onychocella torquata Guha and Gopikrishna 2005
Invalid names: Reptocelleporaria D'Orbigny [synonym]
G. †Paraechmellina Håkansson et al. 2024
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Paraechmellina simulata Håkansson et al. 2024
G. †Reptolunulites d'Orbigny 1852
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Rhagasostoma angliae Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma aralense Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma brydonei Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma gibbosulum Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma gibbosum Marsson 1887
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Invalid names: Rhagasostoma gibbosum weybournensis Brydone 1930 [synonym], Rhagasostoma subgibbosum Brydone 1930 [synonym]
Rhagasostoma inelegans Lonsdale 1850
Rhagasostoma infelix Håkansson et al. 2024
Rhagasostoma mimosa Brydone 1930
Rhagasostoma minuens Brydone 1936
Rhagasostoma operculatum Koromyslova et al. 2018
Rhagasostoma rowei Brydone 1906
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Invalid names: Eschara volgensis Eichwald 1865 [synonym]
Rhagasostoma saltans Brydone 1930
Rhagasostoma tchvanovi Favorskaya 1992
G. †Rhebasia
G. Smittipora Jullien 1882
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Invalid names: Diplopholeous [synonym], Rectonychocella [synonym], Velumella [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Comments: mean weight-% MgCO3=8.5 based on 4 specimensf
Created: 2008-02-26 05:49:32
Modified: 2008-02-26 07:49:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (168 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Inversaria orbicularis (1816)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Thyracella sp. (65727)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ehrhardina voigti (220517 220518)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Ehrhardina pikeae (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Ehrhardina voigti (220514) Euritina denticulata (220520) Euritina sp., Ehrhardina voigti (220519)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Aechmella sp., Onychocella sp. (220516)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Onychocella novaki, Onychocella reussi (90517 90518)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma brydonei (216925)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Algeria Membranipora ambigua (71826)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Onychocella acis, Onychocella aegon, Onychocella cyntia (3785)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma brydonei, Rhagasostoma minuens (216926)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France Onychocella sp. (3736)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Ogiva ellinorvoigtae, Ogiva promonturiorum (175916) Ogiva promonturiorum (175915 175917)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6United Kingdom (England) Flustra inelegans (216920)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Onychocella aegle, Onychocella santonensis, Semieschara norvicia, Smittipora sp. (3786)
Santonian - Maastrichtian86.3 - 66.0Russian Federation (Ulyanovsk) Eschara volgensis (216948 216949)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Onychocella depressa, Onychocella michaudiana, Onychocella pseudoirregularis, Onychocella reussi, Onychocella cyclostoma (61374)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma inelegans (216921) Rhagasostoma minuens (216927)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany (Niedersachsen) Ogiva ellinorvoigtae, Ogiva promonturiorum (175914)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma operculatum (216938)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Onychocella claudia, Onychocella girondina, Semieschara norvicia (3787) Rhagasostoma minuens (216930)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Onychocella schopforum (87374)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Aechmella ozanensis (90501)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Rhagasostoma inelegans (216922)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) Rhagasostoma minuens (216931)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma inelegans (216899) Rhagasostoma minuens (216928 216929)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Ogiva promonturiorum (112629)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) Rhagasostoma aralense (216936)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Hainaut) Rhagasostoma rowei (216947)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma rowei (216951)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) Onychocella tchvanovi, Rhagasostoma rowei (216942) Rhagasostoma aralense, Onychocella tchvanovi (216937)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Kazakhstan Rhagasostoma gibbosum, Rhagasostoma rowei (216940)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma angliae (216932 216933) Rhagasostoma gibbosulum (216941)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belarus Rhagasostoma gibbosulum, Rhagasostoma inelegans, Rhagasostoma gibbosum, Rhagasostoma rowei (216924)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Rhagasostoma angliae (216935)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Rhagasostoma angliae (216934)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Aechmella sp., Reptolunulites sp. (87393)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) Rhagasostoma gibbosulum, Rhagasostoma gibbosum (216939)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Cheethamia howei (90500)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Rhagasostoma minuens, Rhagasostoma angliae, Eschara rowei, Rhagasostoma gibbosum (159329)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Cheethamia dividia (235529 235530) Floridinella sp., Paraechmellina simulata (235527) Floridinella sp., Paraechmellina simulata, Cheethamia dividia, Rhagasostoma infelix (235528) Nudicella dissidens, Cheethamia dividia (235532) Rhagasostoma infelix (235531)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Saratov) Hoplitaechmella sp. 1, Hoplitaechmella sp. 2, Cheethamia aktolagayensis, Cheethamia volgaensis (215304) Rhagasostoma saltans (215305)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Turkmenistan Rhagasostoma rowei (216950 216952)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Onychocella spinifera (123187)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) Onychocella disparilis (87001 87002)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Aechmella pindborgi, Aechmella latistoma, Floridina gothica, Onychocella columella, Smittipora prismatica, Thyracella sp. (2964) Floridina gothica (226854) Onychocella irregularis, Onychocella faxensis, Rhagasostoma elegans, Rhagasostoma nysti (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Euritina tecta (83261 83297)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Sweden Aechmella pindborgi, Aechmella tenuis, Floridina gothica, Floridina sp., Floridina voigti, Onychocella ravni, Onychocella columella, Onychocella poulseni, Smittipora prismatica, Smittipora sp. (69603)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Euritina torta (84051)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8New Zealand (Chatham Island) Hoplitaechmella sp., Onychocella sp., Inversaria gondwanae, Chondriovelum fossilis, Ogiva incompta, Onychocella lamellosa (7221)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6New Zealand (Chatham Island) Floridina sp., Floridina elegans, Onychocella subtriangulata (172944)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0India (Gujarat) Onychocella torquata (177175)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Onychocella subpyriformis (3263)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71India Onychocella torquata (178700)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Floridina antiqua (7332) Floridina antiqua, Smittipora sagittellaria, Smittipora elliptica, Smittipora plicata (7330) Floridina bifoliata, Smittipora plicata, Smittipora elliptica (7321) Smittipora elliptica (7329) Smittipora levigata, Smittipora fusiformis, Smittipora tenuis (7324) Smittipora levigata, Smittipora tenuis, Smittipora fusiformis (7322) Smittipora tenuis (7327) Smittipora tenuis, Smittipora levigata (7325)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Floridina antiqua, Smittipora tenuis (7331)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Floridina granulosa, Floridina bifoliata, Onychocella celsa, Rectonychocella tenuis (84174)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Smittipora tenuis, Smittipora levigata (7318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9New Zealand (North Otago) Ogivalia sp. (172815)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Floridina asymmetrica (90479)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Floridina antiqua, Rhagasostoma levigata (90563) Floridinella vicksburgica (90528 90549 90550 90561 90562) Rectonychocella tenuis (90548)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Floridina antiqua (90565)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Aechmella ambigua, Ogiva concamerata (173510) Aechmella depressa (173521) Ogiva concamerata (173509 173512 173526 173527) Onychocella sp., Ogiva concamerata (173508)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Aechmella depressa (173516) Aechmella depressa, Aechmella ambigua (173517 173519 173522) Aechmella depressa, Aechmella ambigua, Ogiva concamerata (173520) Ogiva concamerata (173502 173504 173506 173511 173528) Ogiva concamerata, Ogiva elongata (173525) Ogiva elongata (173518)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44India (Gujarat) Onychocella torquata, Floridina pentagonus (177173)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Colombia Smittipora sp. (211331)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Onychocella torquata, Floridina pentagonus (178702)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Ogivalia vinjhanensis (46308)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Onychocella angulosa (47007)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Onychocella sp. (188985)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Indonesia Smittipora sp. (173652)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Omoiosia elongata, Rectonychocella dimorphocella, Floridinella australiensis (174139)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Czech Republic Onychocella angulosa (178887 178888 178890 178892 178893 178894 178898)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Velumella depressa (166365)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Romania Onychocella angulosa (178090)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Indonesia Smittipora cordiformis (173658)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary Onychocella angulosa (34739)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain Onychocella angulosa (177482 177483 177485 177486 178465) Onychocella angulosa, Aechmella poluzzii (177481)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Smittipora levinseni (61342)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia Smittipora cordiformis (173657)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Onychocella angulosa (34723 34724 70928)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Onychocella angulosa, Aechmella poluzzii (177487) Onychocella simile (56687)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Onychocella angulosa (70785)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal Onychocella angulosa (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Onychocella angulosa (177490 177491) Onychocella angulosa, Aechmella poluzzii (177489)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Smittipora levinseni (79983)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Smittipora levinseni (79998)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greece Onychocella angulosa (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Onychocella marioni (146293)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Floridina minima (79835) Floridinella parvula, Onychocella angulosa (79842) Smittipora acutirostris, Onychocella angulosa (79845)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Smittipora levinseni (97606 97607 97608 97609 97610)