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Castellaroina

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Castellaroina was named as a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Tropidoleptus fascifer.

It was reranked as Eostropheodonta (Castellaroina) by Amos (1972).

It was assigned to Eostropheodonta by Amos (1972); to Leptostrophiidae by Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Eostropheodonta (Castellaroina) Amos
2000Castellaroina Williams et al. p. 282
2002Castellaroina 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
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyLeptostrophiidaeCaster 1939
genusCastellaroina

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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†Castellaroina fascifer Kayser 1897
†Castellaroina fuertensis Benedetto and Montoya 2015
†Castellaroina telimelensis Racheboeuf and Villeneuve 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:28:32
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Pridoli or 427.40000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Argentina C. sp. (25060 25062)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Argentina C. fascifer (25058)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Argentina (Salta) C. fuertensis (219900 219901)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Guinea C. telimelensis (25065)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Argentina C. fascifer (25109)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Argentina C. fascifer (25057)