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Derbyia

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Derbyiidae

Taxonomy
Derbyia was named by Waagen (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 7,41,400,1142]. It is the type genus of Derbyiidae.

It was assigned to Articulata by Girty (1915); to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Derbyiidae by Cooper and Grant (1974), Williams et al. (2000) and Shen et al. (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Derbyia Waagen p. 591 figs. 1-2, 4, Pl. 53
1915Derbya Girty p. 54
1934Pseudoderbyia Likharev p. 211
1937Plicatoderbyia Thomas p. 14
1944Derbyia (Plicatoderbyia) Reed p. 31
1974Derbyia Cooper and Grant p. 289
1974Wardakia Termier et al. p. 94
1983Paraderbyia Sun p. 120
2000Derbyia Williams et al. p. 657
2002Derbyia Sepkoski
2002Paraderbyia Sepkoski
2002Plicatoderbya Sepkoski
2002Pseudoderbyia Sepkoski
2002Wardakia Sepkoski
2003Derbyia Shen et al. p. 60

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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
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyDerbyiidae
genusDerbyia

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. †Derbyia Waagen 1884
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Derbya bennetti Hall and Clarke 1892
Derbya robusta Hall 1858
Derbyia achengensis Lee and Gu 1980
Derbyia acutangula Huang 1933
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Invalid names: Derbyia guangdongensis Ni 1977 [synonym], Derbyia mucronata Liao 1980 [synonym]
Derbyia acutiplicata Metz 1936
Derbyia altestriata Waagen 1884
Derbyia arellanoi Cooper 1953
Derbyia arizonensis McKee 1941
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Invalid names: Derbyia regularis McKee 1938 [replaced]
Derbyia auriplexa Hoover 1981
Derbyia baroghilensis Reed 1925
Derbyia bella Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia bilobata Jin and Shi 1985
Derbyia buchi d'Orbigny 1842
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Invalid names: Productus andii d'Orbigny 1842 [synonym]
Derbyia buriensis Reed 1944
Derbyia carteri Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia cincinnata Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia complicata Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia crassa Meek and Hayden 1858
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Orthisina umbraculum multistriata Meek and Hayden 1859
Invalid names: Orthisina umbraculum Swallow 1858 [synonym]
Derbyia crenulata Girty 1908
Derbyia cymbula Hall and Clarke 1893
Derbyia daliangensis Lee and Gu 1980
Derbyia deltauriculata Hoover 1981
Derbyia dirata Grant 1993
Derbyia diversa Reed 1944
Derbyia dorsoplana Diener 1915
Derbyia dorsosulcata Liu and Waterhouse 1985
Derbyia duomaensis Sun 1983
Derbyia dupliciseptata Grabau 1931
Derbyia elevata King 1931
Derbyia elongata Cooper 1953
Derbyia expansa Schellwien 1892
Derbyia exserta Sun 1983
Derbyia filosa Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia gigantea Kalashnikov 1993
Derbyia grandis Waagen 1884
Derbyia guidingensis Shen and He 1994
Derbyia hardmani Thomas 1958
Derbyia haroubi Angiolini 1997
Derbyia hemisphaerica Waagen 1884
Derbyia hooserensis Dunbar and Condra 1932
Derbyia informis Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia laqueata Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia magnus Branson 1930
Derbyia metzi Gauri 1965
Derbyia mongolica Grabau 1931
Derbyia mutabilis Liao 1980
Derbyia nasuta Girty 1908
Derbyia nigpi Chen and Liao 2007
Derbyia nipponica Nakamura 1972
Derbyia otoeis Lee and Gu 1980
Derbyia pannucia Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia pannuciella Xu and Grant 1994
Derbyia pararegularis Lee and Gu 1980
Derbyia parasitica Kozlowski 1914
Derbyia perplexus Waterhouse 1981
Derbyia plicatella Waagen 1884
Derbyia postplicatella Waterhouse and Gupta 1983
Derbyia profunda Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia regis Grant 1995
Derbyia regularis Waagen 1884
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Invalid names: Orthotetes fascicostata Liang 1990 [synonym]
Derbyia rudicula Liang 1990
Derbyia sakamotozawensis Shintani 2011
Derbyia schellwieni Frech 1911
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Invalid names: Derbyia disalata Liao 1980 [synonym], Derbyia yangtzeensis Jin and Hu 1978 [synonym]
Derbyia scitula Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia scobina Grant 1976
Derbyia senbaensis Jin and Shi 1985
Derbyia simplicis Lee and Gu 1980
Derbyia speciosa Yang 1984
Derbyia striolata Lee and Gu 1980
Derbyia strophomenoidea Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia subaurita Reed 1944
Derbyia subsinuata Reed 1944
Derbyia sulca Branson 1930
Derbyia sulcata Walter 1953
Derbyia sultanensis Reed 1944
Derbyia texta Cooper and Grant 1974
Derbyia vercherei Waagen 1884
Derbyia waageni Schellwien 1892
Derbyia wabaunseensis Dunbar and Condra 1932
Derbyia yeerqiangensis Chen and Shi 2006
Derbyia yongjiensis Lee and Gu 1980
Derbyia yukisawensis Tazawa and Shintani 2014
Invalid names: Paraderbyia Sun 1983 [synonym], Plicatoderbyia Thomas 1937 [synonym], Pseudoderbyia Likharev 1934 [synonym], Wardakia Termier et al. 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height16115.82.2063.016.213.9
valve height410.43.4935.511.914.9

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Griesbachian or 353.80000 to 251.30000 Ma

Collections (1390 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian - Tournaisian372.2 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (38440)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7India D. senilis (230343) D. sp. (230638)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Derbya sp. (112164 112176 112177)
Carboniferous - Chesterian358.9 - 318.1USA (Utah) D. sp. (13363)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) D. sp. (158 172)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Texas) D. bennetti (1119)
Ivorian353.8 - 345.3United Kingdom (England) Derbya senilis (8175)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Iran D. sp. (90015)
Visean - Serpukhovian346.7 - 323.2China (Qinghai) D. sp. (68635)
Arundian345.0 - 342.8United Kingdom D. sp. (34568)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hunan) D. sp. 2, D. regularis (138548)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) D. pannuciella (50028) D. regularis (105213 105215)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) D. plicatella (41557 41558)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) D. sp. (220221)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) Derbya guidingensis (187558) Orthotetes guppyi (110495)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) D. disalata (156811) D. mucronata, D. acutangula (95285)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan (Punjab) D. sp. (41562 41564)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.17 - 251.3India (Kashmir) D. sp. (48913 50044)
Griesbachian252.17 - 251.3China (Zhejiang) D. sp. (43788)
Griesbachian252.17 - 251.3India (Kashmir) D. sp. (214661)