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Spirelytha kashirtsevi

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae

Taxonomy
Spirelytha kashirtsevi was named by Archbold (1993). Its type specimen is CPC 24231, a shell (Conjoined natural cast), and it is a cast. Its type locality is BMR MG232, Hill Springs Homestead, which is in an Artinskian marine shale in the Quinnanie Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Spirelytha kashirtsevi Archbold p. 25 figs. 15A-D

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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
orderSpiriferida
suborderDelthyridinaIvanova 1972
superfamilyReticularioidea
familyElythidaeFredericks 1924
subfamilyToryniferinaeCarter 1994
genusSpirelythaFredericks 1924
specieskashirtsevi

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.

Spirelytha kashirtsevi Archbold 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.64

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:52
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Western Australia) Spirelytha sp. B (type locality: 85200)