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Nereidella

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Paurorthidae

Taxonomy
Nereidella is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Nereidella Williams et al. p. 810
2002Nereidella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderDalmanellidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyDalmanelloideaSchuchert 1913
familyPaurorthidaeOpik 1933
genusNereidella

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: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Williams et al (2002).g
Created: 2009-06-04 08:48:54
Modified: 2009-06-04 10:48:54
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Late/Upper Llandeilo or 477.70000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) N. sp. (7727)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) N. sp. (4709 4714 4715 4716 4718 4719 4720 4721 4723)
Klabava478.6 - 466.0Czech Republic N. sp. (3840)
Arenig - Late/Upper Llandeilo478.6 - 458.4China (ShanXi) N. sp. (7919)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) N. sinuata (203694 203695) N. typa (186113 186115 186116 186117 186118 186119 186120 186121)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China (Hubei) N. typa (186125 186127)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Hubei) N. sp. (4713)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Hubei) N. typa (186131 186133)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic N. sp. (3859)