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Homoeorhynchia acuta

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula acuta was named by Sowerby (1816). It is the type species of Homoeorhynchia.

It was recombined as Homoeorhynchia acuta by Ager (1956), Ager (1967), Alméras and Fauré (2000) and Vörös (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Terebratula acuta Sowerby p. 115 figs. Pl 150, figs 1,2
1956Homoeorhynchia acuta Ager p. 29 figs. Pl 3, figs 1a,c,e, 2a-c, 3a, 4a-c; text-figs 17-19
1967Homoeorhynchia acuta Ager p. 158
2000Homoeorhynchia acuta Alméras and Fauré p. 125
2009Homoeorhynchia acuta Vörös p. 80 figs. Pl 9, fig 5

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchonelloidead'Orbigny 1847
familyRhynchonellidaeGray 1848
subfamilyRhynchonellinaeGray 1848
genusHomoeorhynchia
speciesacuta(Sowerby 1816)

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.

†Homoeorhynchia acuta Sowerby 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height113.5

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Hauterivian or 199.30000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Homoeorhynchia acuta (28849)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Turkey Homoeorhynchia acuta (159017)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Hungary Homoeorhynchia acuta (128375)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Bulgaria Homoeorhynchia acuta (106906 106908)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7France Homoeorhynchia acuta (29167 29168 29169 29170 29171 29172 29173 29174 29176)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Turkey Homoeorhynchia acuta (159015)
Jamesoni - Ibex189.6 - 183.0Tunisia Homoeorhynchia acuta (170511)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (England) Homoeorhynchia acuta (28839 28842 28844 28845 28847)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Homoeorhynchia acuta (159230)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (England) Homoeorhynchia acuta (138202)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France Homoeorhynchia acuta (140905)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Homoeorhynchia acuta (159223)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Slovakia Homoeorhynchia acuta (158497)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Dorset) Homoeorhynchia acuta (159237 159238)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0France Homoeorhynchia acuta (124120 160223 160866)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Homoeorhynchia acuta (38105 218423 218424)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Somerset) Homoeorhynchia acuta (38098 38099)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Bulgaria Homoeorhynchia acuta (106909 106910)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal Terebratula acuta (64952 65673)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Terebratula acuta (2199 2203 2206 2209)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Terebratula acuta (65740 65745 65753 65756 65757 65759 65761 65767 65773 65858 65859 73332)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Terebratula acuta (2198 2200 2201 2248)