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Gemmellaroiidae

Strophomenata - Productida - Gemmellaroiidae

Taxonomy
Gemmellaroiidae was named by Williams (1953). Its type is Gemmellaroia.

It was reranked as the subfamily Gemmellaroiinae by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960).

It was assigned to Richthofeniidae by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960); and to Richthofenioidea by Williams et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Gemmellaroiidae Williams
1960Gemmellaroiinae Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 140
2000Gemmellaroiidae Williams et al. p. 617

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyRichthofenioidea()
familyGemmellaroiidaeWilliams 1953
familyGemmellaroiidaeWilliams 1953

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. †Gemmellaroiidae Williams 1953
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G. †Cyndalia Grant 1993
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Cyndalia rudistiformis Grant 1993
G. †Gemmellaroia Cossmann 1898
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Subg. †Gemmellaroia (Gemmellaroiella) Mabuti 1937
Gemmellaroia marii Gemmellaro 1894
Gemmellaroia ornata Gemmellaro 1896
Gemmellaroia ozawai Mabuti 1937
Invalid names: Gemmellaroiella Mabuti 1937 [synonym], Megarhynchus Gemmellaro 1894 [replaced]
G. †Tectarea Licharew 1928
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Tectarea robinsoni Licharew 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia Gemmellaroia marii (107070)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Gemmellaroia marii (105518 151302) Megalorhynchus marii, Megalorhynchus minimus (233340) Megarhynchus marii (108566 108567 108672 108673 108675) Megarhynchus ornatum (108972)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Gemmellaroia marii (42092 42094)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Gemmellaroia sp. (106722)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greece Cyndalia rudistiformis (42460 42461 42462 42467 64176)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Tectarea robinsoni (112565)