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Lessinirhynchia benettii

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septirhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Lessiniella benettii was named by Vörös (1993). Its type specimen is Museo dei Fossili della Lessinia Inv. num. CC 100 Cv-B and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Covolo di Camposilvano, which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Lessiniella, Lessinirhynchia.

It was recombined as Lessinirhynchia benettii by Vörös (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Lessiniella benettii Vörös p. 53 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 1-3
1995Lessinirhynchia benettii Vörös p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familySeptirhynchiidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1951
genusLessinirhynchia
speciesbenettii()

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.

Lessinirhynchia benettii Vörös 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height325.819.036.025.08.62

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: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Callovian or 166.10000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Italy Lessiniella benettii (type locality: 157586)