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Orbiculoidea keokuk

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy
Discina keokuk was named by Gurley (1884).

It was recombined as Orbiculoidea keokuk by Weller (1914).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Orbiculoidea keokuk Weller

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusOrbiculoidead'Orbigny 1847
specieskeokuk(Gurley 1884)

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.

Orbiculoidea keokuk Gurley 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:50:11
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:50:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Arundian or 346.70000 to 340.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Orbiculoidea keokuk (8117 8135 8136 8137)