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Waagenoconcha convexa

Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae

Taxonomy
Waagenoconcha convexa was named by Cooper and Grant (1975). Its type specimen is USNM 149652, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Waagenoconcha convexa Cooper and Grant p. 1042 figs. Pl 356, figs 1-6; pl 357, figs 1-43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyEchinoconchoidea
familyEchinoconchidae
subfamilyJuresaniinaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
tribeWaagenoconchiniMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
genusWaagenoconcha
speciesconvexa

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.

Waagenoconcha convexa Cooper and Grant 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height136.612.8012.87.303.57

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Waagenoconcha convexa (43495 43513 43517 44565 101785 105879 106031)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Waagenoconcha convexa (43512 43518 43563 81640 101782 101783 101807 102603 102606 102610 102616 105807 106109)