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Spiriferellina aduncata

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae

Taxonomy
Spiriferellina aduncata was named by Waterhouse and Piyasin (1970). Its type specimen is University of Toronto B453, a valve (Ventral valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Khao Phrik, Rat Buri, which is in a Wordian offshore shelf limestone/limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand.

It was corrected as Spiriferellina adunctata by Viaretti et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. campestris, S. octoplicata, S. pandri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Spiriferellina aduncata Waterhouse and Piyasin p. 149 figs. Pl 26, figs 19-22; pl 27, figs 1-15; pl 28, figs 1-10; pl 29, figs 1-5; text-figs 15,16,18,21
1976Spiriferellina adunctata Grant p. 236 figs. Pl 64, figs 37-44
2002Spiriferellina aduncata Shen et al. p. 679 figs. 6.1-6.3
2006Spiriferellina adunctata Chen and Shi p. 22 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-5
2022Spiriferellina adunctata Viaretti et al. p. 686 figs. Pl 6, figs 6-11

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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
orderSpiriferinidaIvanova 1972
suborderSpiriferinidinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyPennospiriferinoideaDagys 1972
familySpiriferellinidaeIvanova 1972
genusSpiriferellina
speciesaduncata

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.

†Spiriferellina aduncata Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height384.781.4011.04.652.59

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:08:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 279.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Oman Spiriferellina aduncata (166923)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Xinjiang) Spiriferellina aduncata (62810)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Yunnan) Spiriferellina aduncata (62455)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Yunnan) Spiriferellina aduncata (62456)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand Spiriferellina adunctata (75565 75567)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand (Ratchaburi) Spiriferellina adunctata (40864 40867)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) Spiriferellina aduncata (type locality: 40954) Spiriferellina cristata (116879)