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Torellella explicata

Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae

Taxonomy
Torellella explicata was named by Missarzhevsky and Mambetov (1981). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geological Institute, Academy of Sciences of Kyrgystan, no. 21/1, sample M12-72. Its type locality is Beshtash, Talas Alatau, bed 5, which is in an Atdabanian marine dolomite in the Beshtash Formation of Kyrgyzstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Torellella explicata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov p. 49 figs. Pl. IV, figs. 9, 11-13, text-fig. 15.10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
orderHyolithelminthida(Fischer 1962)
familyTorellellidae
RankNameAuthor
genusTorellella
speciesexplicata

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.

Torellella explicata Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindo
Created: 2009-02-26 07:13:55
Modified: 2009-02-26 09:13:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kyrgyzstan Torellella explicata (type locality: 99328 99329)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Torellella explicata (96932 96959 97700)