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Aphelesia bipartita

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae

Taxonomy
Anomia bipartita was named by Brocchi (1814). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hemithyris bipartita by Sacco (1902); it was recombined as Aphelesia bipartita by Cooper (1959), Gaetani and Sacca (1985), Bitner and Martinell (2001), Bitner and Moissette (2003), Bitner and Dulai (2004), García Ramos (2005), Dulai (2016) and Giannetti et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Anomia bipartita Brocchi p. 469 figs. pl. 10, fig. 7
1902Hemithyris bipartita Sacco
1943Hemithyris acuta Meznerics
1959Aphelesia bipartita Cooper p. 41
1959Aphelesia acuta Cooper p. 42
1985Aphelesia bipartita Gaetani and Sacca p. 5 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-4; text-fig 22
2001Aphelesia bipartita Bitner and Martinell p. 179
2003Aphelesia bipartita Bitner and Moissette p. 466 figs. 2, Tbl. 2
2004Aphelesia acuta Bitner and Dulai p. 72 figs. Pl. 1
2004Aphelesia bipartita Bitner and Dulai p. 72 figs. Pl. 1
2005Aphelesia bipartita García Ramos p. 28 figs. Pl 1, figs 9,11,13; pl 2, figs 5,7
2016Aphelesia bipartita Dulai p. 80 figs. 10-13
2018Aphelesia bipartita Giannetti et al. p. 5 figs. 5.1-5.11, 5.16-4.18

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyPugnacoideaRzhonsnitskaia 1956
familyBasiliolidae
subfamilyAphelesiinae
genusAphelesia
speciesbipartita(Brocchi 1814)

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.

Aphelesia bipartita Brocchi 1814
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Invalid names: Hemithyris acuta Meznerics 1943 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height311.68.8014.712.02.95
shell height311.511.011.811.70.436

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Calabrian or 20.44000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Hungary Aphelesia acuta (152551) Aphelesia bipartita (152552 152553)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary Aphelesia bipartita (152605 152606 152607)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain Aphelesia bipartita (194946 194947 194948 194949 194950 194951 194952)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Aphelesia bipartita (140979)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Aphelesia bipartita (71910 233081)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Algeria Aphelesia bipartita (152657 152658 152661 152662 152664 152669)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Morocco Aphelesia bipartita (152673)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Aphelesia bipartita (187604 232910)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Algeria Aphelesia bipartita (152660)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy Aphelesia bipartita (187479)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Aphelesia bipartita (187512 187513 187529 187530)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Aphelesia bipartita (187514)