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Megerlia truncata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Kraussinidae

Taxonomy

Anomia truncata was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

It was recombined as Megerlia truncata by Elliott (1960), Gaetani and Sacca (1985), Popiel-Barczyk and Barczyk (1990), Bitner (1990), Bitner and Martinell (2001), García Ramos (2004), Taddei Ruggiero and Taddei (2006), Koskeridou (2007), Bertolaso et al. (2009), Dulai (2010), Mikuz (2011), Bitner et al. (2013), Bitner et al. (2013), Bitner and Motchurova-Dekova (2016), Dulai (2019) and Bitner and Müller (2022).

Subspecies

M. monstruosa

Synonyms

Terebratula oblita was named by Michelotti (1847).

It was synonymized subjectively with Megerlia truncata by Bertolaso et al. (2009).
Megerlia orientalis was named by Stevanovic (1964).

It was synonymized subjectively with Megerlia truncata by Mikuz (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1767	Anomia truncata Linnaeus
1847	Terebratula oblita Michelotti p. 78 figs. Pl 2, fig 21
1960	Megerlia truncata Elliott p. 154 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-3
1964	Megerlia orientalis Stevanovic
1985	Megerlia truncata Gaetani and Sacca p. 16 figs. Pl 10, fig 10; pl 11, figs 1-5
1990	Megerlia truncata Bitner p. 145 figs. Pl 2, figs 6-9; pl 7, figs 3-6; pl 8, figs 1-7; text-fig 10
1990	Megerlia truncata Popiel-Barczyk and Barczyk p. 170 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-7; text-fig 8
2001	Megerlia truncata Bitner and Martinell p. 182
2004	Megerlia truncata García Ramos p. 28 figs. Pl 1, figs 6,7
2006	Megerlia truncata Taddei Ruggiero and Taddei p. 304 figs. Pl 3, fig 7
2007	Megerlia truncata Koskeridou p. 125 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 7-8
2009	Megerlia truncata Bertolaso et al. p. 23 figs. Pl 5, fig 11
2010	Megerlia truncata Dulai p. 28 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5
2011	Megerlia truncata Mikuz p. 33 figs. Pl 3, figs 4a,b
2013	Megerlia truncata Bitner et al. p. 594 figs. 8a-b, Tbl. 8
2013	Megerlia truncata Bitner et al. p. 86 fig. 4H,I
2016	Megerlia truncata Bitner and Motchurova-Dekova p. 16 figs. 6F-H
2019	Megerlia truncata Dulai p. 139 figs. Pl 3, figs 13-20
2022	Megerlia truncata Bitner and Müller p. 101 figs. 11C-E

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Terebratulida
suborder	Terebratellidina	Muir-Wood 1955
superfamily	Kraussinoidea	Dall 1870
family	Kraussinidae	Dall 1870
subfamily	Megerliinae	Hiller et al. 2008
genus	Megerlia
species	truncata	(Linnaeus 1767)

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.

Megerlia truncata Linnaeus 1767

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Invalid names: Megerlia orientalis Stevanovic 1964 [synonym], Terebratula oblita Michelotti 1847 [synonym]

Megerlia truncata monstruosa Scacchi 1838

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	4.20

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesf

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:29:57

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:29:57

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (49 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Germany	Megerlia truncata (233116 233119 233120)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France	Megerlia truncata (152695)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Poland	Megerlia truncata (51687 159682 159683 159684 159686 159687 159689 159694 233132 233133 233136 233143)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Romania	Megerlia truncata (72246)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Czech Republic	Megerlia truncata (152285 152286)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Bulgaria	Megerlia truncata (175794)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Slovenia	Megerlia truncata (190929)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Italy	Megerlia truncata (186801 199889 199890 199891 199892 199893 199894)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Spain	Megerlia truncata (56687)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria	Megerlia truncata (70886)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Italy	Megerlia truncata (55759)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Syria	Megerlia truncata (190875)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Spain	Megerlia truncata (190899 190904)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	Italy	Megerlia truncata (187485 187490 187491 187512 187524 187530 187570)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	Greece	Megerlia truncata (153679 153688)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Italy	Megerlia truncata (187567 187568 187734)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Italy (Apulia)	Megerlia truncata (187441) Megerlia truncata, Megerlia monstruosa (97591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Italy	Megerlia truncata (49518)