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Nicolella

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Productorthidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Nicolella Reed
1953Nicolella Alikhova
1956Nicolella Oraspold
1959Nicolella Oraspold
1961Nicolella Rubel
1964Nicolella Wright
1977Nicolella Mitchell
2000Nicolella Williams et al. p. 752
2002Nicolella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderOrthidaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
suborderOrthidinaSchuchert and Cooper 1932
superfamilyOrthoideaWoodward 1852
familyProductorthidaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
subfamilyProductorthinaeSchuchert and Cooper 1931
genusNicolella

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.

G. †Nicolella Reed 1917
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†Nicolella actoniae de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
†Nicolella alliku Oraspold 1956
†Nicolella crabbi Cocks 2014
†Nicolella oswaldi Buch 1849
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†Nicolella oswaldi mediofida Alichova 1951
†Nicolella patens Oraspold 1956
†Nicolella pterygoidea Pander 1830
†Nicolella sylvatica Reed 1936
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
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:50:01
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:50:01
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 Early/Lower Llanvirn to the top of the Kosovian or 468.00000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (230 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Estonia N. pterygoidea (191515 191516)
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Estonia (Ida-Viru) N. pterygoidea (191532 191537)
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Estonia (Ida-Virumaa) N. pterygoidea (191431 191434 191435 191479 191480 191506)
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Estonia (Harju) N. pterygoidea (191441 191443 191470 191484 191485 191521 191522)
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Estonia (Lääne-Viru) N. pterygoidea (191512 191513)
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Russian Federation N. pterygoidea (191582)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) N. sp. (104345)
Darriwilian - Sandbian469.4 - 452.8China (Guangdong) N. sp. (275440)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Estonia (Harju) N. pterygoidea (191497)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Russian Federation N. pterygoidea (174007) N. sp. (157142 157143 157144 157145 157149)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway N. sp. (159370 159518)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) N. sp. (3667 3669)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) N. sp. (365)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1United Kingdom (Wales) N. actoniae (8292)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1Norway N. sp. (159371)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) N. sp. (437 438 441)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1United Kingdom (Wales) N. sp. (8404)
Kosovian445.2 - 443.1Spain (Sevilla) N. sp. (20930)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Estonia (Valga) N. oswaldi (197449)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Latvia N. oswaldi (197452 197453 197454 197460)