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Zeilleria spiculata

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae

Taxonomy

Zeilleria spiculata was named by MacFarlan and Campbell (2003). Its type specimen is OU 18803, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is JDC 1293, Otapiri Stream (E45/f9618), which is in an Otapirian coastal siliciclastic in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Z. antonii, Z. calvadosi, Z. liardensis, Z. moutieri, Z. novoselica, Z. pentagonalis, Z. sospirolensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2003	Zeilleria spiculata MacFarlan and Campbell p. 213 figs. 2, 3
2019	Zeilleria spiculata MacFarlan p. 568

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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	Zeillerioidea	Allan 1940
family	Zeilleriidae	Allan 1940
subfamily	Zeilleriinae	Allan 1940
genus	Zeilleria	Bayle 1878
species	spiculata

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.

†Zeilleria spiculata MacFarlan and Campbell 2003

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	11	7.21	3.20	12.7	7.60	2.68

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2018-11-10 17:27:13

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:27:13

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

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

Age range: base of the Otapirian to the top of the Hettangian or 205.60000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Hettangian	208.5 - 199.3	New Caledonia	Zeilleria spiculata (204595)
Otapirian	205.6 - 201.6	New Zealand	Zeilleria spiculata (type locality: 85015 85017 135117 135323 135324 135332 135334)
Otapirian - Hettangian	205.6 - 199.3	New Zealand	Zeilleria spiculata (135336)
Hettangian	201.3 - 199.3	New Zealand	Zeilleria spiculata (85016 135315 135316 135317 135318 135319 135320 135321 135322 135325 135326 135327 135328 135329 135330 135331 135333 135335 135337)