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Athyridinae

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Athyridinae M'Coy
1974Athyridinae Brunton and Champion p. 828
1993Athyridinae Alvarez and Brunton p. 310
2002Athyridinae Williams et al. p. 1497

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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
subfamilyAthyridinaeM'Coy 1844
subfamilyAthyridinaeM'Coy 1844

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.

Subfm. †Athyridinae M'Coy 1844
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Actinoconchus planosulcatus Phillips 1836
G. †Athyris
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Subg. †Athyris (Cliothyris) King 1850
Subg. †Athyris (Seminula) M'Coy 1844
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Subg. †Spirigera (Didymospira) Salomon 1895
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Spirigera borovacensis Kittl 1903
Spirigera forojulensis Bittner 1890
Spirigera kaihikuana Trechmann 1917
Spirigera kittlii Bittner 1902
Spirigera manzavinii Bittner 1891
Spirigera manzavinioides Trechmann 1917
Spirigera milesi Smith 1927
Spirigera misolica Krumbeck 1913
Spirigera monticola White 1874
Spirigera oppelii Laube 1865
Spirigera pseudodielasma Fliegel 1901
Spirigera sellaris Klipstein 1843
Spirigera siljanensis Kittl 1903
Spirigera stoliczkai Bittner 1899
Spirigera subindistincta Krumbeck 1924
Spirigera sufflata Verneuil 1855
Spirigera tricupii Bittner 1892
Spirigera wreyi Zittel 1864
Athyris ambiguaeformis Waagen 1883
Athyris angelica Hall 1861
Athyris angulata Mansuy 1912
Athyris bisulcata Jin and Hu 1982
Athyris bradyensis Carter 1967
Athyris cestriensis Snider 1915
Athyris concentrica von Buch 1834
Athyris damesi Fliegel 1901
Athyris globularis Phillips 1835
Athyris goniocolpos Frech 1912
Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835
Athyris mirabilis Zeng et al. 1995
Athyris persinuata Meek 1877
Athyris plicatiformis Jin and Hu 1982
Athyris spiriferoides Eaton 1831
Athyris subquadrata Yang and Xu 1966
Athyris xetra Diener 1915
G. †Brimethyris Alvarez et al. 1998
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Brimethyris subconcentrica Verneuil and Archiac 1845
G. †Bruntonites Struve 1992
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G. †Eifyris
G. †Johnsonathyris Savage et al. 1978
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Johnsonathyris adrianensis Savage et al. 1978
G. †Pachyplax
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Telychian to the top of the Sevatian or 438.50000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (1063 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Alaska) Athyris sp. (111812 111844)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Kentucky) Athyris fultonensis (5676)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Athyris sp. (229257)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) Protathyris sp. (464)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) Meristospira dunbari (26662 26674 26681)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Nevada) Protathyris hesperalis (24889)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0China (Sichuan) Protathyris didyma (27805)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0China (Yunnan) Protathyris xungmiaoensis (27796 27912) Protathyris xungmiaoensis, Protathyris planosulcatus (25818)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Protathyris sp. (534)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Nevada) Protathyris sp. (204035)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (California) Spirigera milesi (144383)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Hungary Athyris gonicolpos, Athyris schloenbachi, Athyris subcurvata (23869)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5New Caledonia Athyris wreyi, Athyris manzavinioides (39934 39935)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Bosnia and Herzegovina Spirigera eurycolpa (203844) Spirigera leptorhyncha (206615)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) Spirigera sp. (205450)
Norian228.0 - 208.5East Timor Spirigera subindistincta (21182)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Spirigera sp. (100391)
Oretian227.5 - 221.0New Zealand Athyris sp. (137846)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.56 - 205.6Indonesia Spirigera misolica (204491)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovakia Spirigera deslongchampsi (85059)