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Terrakea etheridgei

Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae

Taxonomy
Terrakea etheridgei was named by Briggs (1998). Its type specimen is SUP 25553, a shell (External mold of dorsal surface and part ventral valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is South Marulan, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Terrakea etheridgei Briggs p. 173 figs. 72D, 86A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyLinoproductidae
subfamilyPaucispinauriinae
genusTerrakeaBooker 1929
speciesetheridgei

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.

Terrakea etheridgei Briggs 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Tasmania) Terrakea brachythaera (51325)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Terrakea etheridgei (type locality: 131776)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Productus brachythaerus (132313) Productus elongatus (132311) Terrakea etheridgei (95521 103669 103708 103776 103777 103783 103834 103836 103844 103877 103878 103927 103928 104843 104844 104845)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Tasmania) Terrakea brachythaera (51311 51319)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) Terrakea etheridgei (103960)