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Limbella

Strophomenata - Productida - Aulostegidae

Taxonomy
Limbella was named by Stehli (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: C Step-u P Leon-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1,7,1066].

It was assigned to Echinosteginae by Muir-Wood and Cooper (1960) and Williams et al. (2000); and to Strophomenida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Limbella Stehli p. 329
1960Limbella Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 107
2000Limbella Williams et al. p. 596
2002Limbella 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
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderStrophalosiidina
superfamilyAulostegoideaMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
familyAulostegidae
subfamilyEchinosteginae
genusLimbella

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. †Limbella Stehli 1954
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Limbella costellata Cooper and Grant 1975
Limbella grangeri Grabau 1931
Limbella limbata Cooper and Grant 1975
Limbella victorioensis Stehli 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3212.12.7026.615.56.17

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:57
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Capitanian or 303.70000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Aulosteges wolfcampensis (149720 149854 150110 150114 150567 150801) L. costata (43457) L. costellata (43506) L. wolfcampensis (43488 43524)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guangxi) L. wolfcampensis (134310)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Aulosteges wolfcampensis (121456 149719 149722 149856 149999) L. wolfcampensis (43468 43469 43470 43472 43474 43475 43478 43479 43481 43482 43556 75952 75953)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) L. wolfcampensis (43529 43542 43546 43555 43571 43603 43614 102612 106156)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Aulosteges wolfcampensis (108394 149718 149775 150140 150188 150784) L. limbata (43543 43544 43559 43564 43579 43580 43588 43601 43612 44509 75931 105685 105721 105739 106175) L. sp. 1 (43545) L. wolfcampensis (43533 43540 43568 43581 75954 105674 105720)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) L. limbata (105730 105847 105972)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Aulosteges wolfcampensis (149932) L. limbata (43534 43558 43560 43562 43566 43586 75919 75923 75924 75925 75926 105599 105734 105817 105818 106013 106162 106169 106173 106289) L. sp. (43602 75922 105820) L. sp. 1 (43496 43497 43499 43505 66103 105679 105738) L. victorioensis (75863 75864 75865 75881 81848 102627 106293)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) Aulosteges grangeri (109256)