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Spondyglossella

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Spondyglossella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Glossellinae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Lingulida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Spondyglossella Williams et al. p. 60
2002Spondyglossella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyGlossellinae
genusSpondyglossella

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al. (2000).g
Created: 2009-06-10 13:04:27
Modified: 2009-06-10 15:04:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Floian or 478.60000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) S. sp. (20819)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) S. sp. (20828)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) S. sp. (20820 20827)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) S. sp. (20825)