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Terebratula

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula was named by Müller (1776) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi Q Plei Sepkoski's reference number: 1,882]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Terebratulidae by Anderson (1938), Hassan (1953), Marasti (1973), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Wienrich (1999); to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Terebratulinae by Bitner and Martinell (2001) and Williams et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Terebratula Müller p. 249
1938Terebratula Anderson p. 95
1953Terebratula Hassan p. 16
1973Terebratula Marasti p. 113
1995Terebratula Pacaud and Le Renard p. 151
1999Terebratula Wienrich p. 282
2001Terebratula Bitner and Martinell p. 180
2002Terebratula Sepkoski
2006Terebratula Williams et al. p. 2054

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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
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyTerebratuloidea(Gray 1840)
familyTerebratulidaeGray 1840
subfamilyTerebratulinaeGray 1840
genusTerebratula

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. Terebratula Müller 1776
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Subg. †Terebratula (Waldheimia) King 1850
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Subg. †Waldheimia (Zeilleria) Bayle 1878
Waldheimia carinata Lamarck 1877
Waldheimia muensteri d'Orbigny 1849
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Invalid names: Terebratula vulgaris Münster 1841 [replaced]
Waldheimia mutabilis Oppel 1861
Waldheimia pentagona Kutorga 1842
Waldheimia planoconvexa Bittner 1902
Waldheimia porrecta Bittner 1904
Waldheimia schlosseri Dacque 1905
Waldheimia waldeggiana Zugmayer 1882
Waldheimia woodwardi Walker 1867
Terebratula aequalis Klipstein 1843
Terebratula ampulla Brocchi 1814
Terebratula anatina de Loriol 1895
Terebratula arabilis Forbes 1846
Terebratula bartonensis Muir-Wood 1933
Terebratula bipartita Münster 1841
Terebratula birdlipensis Rollier 1918
Terebratula bisuffarcinata Noetling 1887
Terebratula brevirostris Szajnocha 1879
Terebratula bronni Klipstein 1843
Terebratula bukowskii Bittner 1902
Terebratula bussoni Dubar 1967
Terebratula calabra Seguenza 1871
Terebratula campaniensis d'Orbigny 1847
Terebratula cogidumni Elliott 1954
Terebratula coreyi Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
Terebratula crassa d'Archiac 1847
Terebratula djeffarae Dubar 1967
Terebratula doueensis Rollier 1918
Terebratula durrelli Anderson 1938
Terebratula flemingii Davidson 1862
Terebratula fragilis Schlotheim 1814
Terebratula gesneri Etalon 1861
Terebratula gomesi Choffat 1947
Terebratula gortanii Jaboli 1959
Terebratula grossulus Suess 1840
Terebratula hannana Anderson 1938
Terebratula hoernesi Suess 1886
Terebratula intervallata Bittner 1892
Terebratula italica Bitner and Dieni 2005
Terebratula kanei Imlay 1940
Terebratula kittlii Bittner 1902
Terebratula lacunosa Thunberg 1789
Terebratula laczkoi Bittner 1912
Terebratula lamberti Douville 1886
Terebratula lamellosa Thomson and Owen 1979
Terebratula lapichensis Pajaud 1970
Terebratula laricimontana Bittner 1890
Terebratula latissima Sowerby 1829
Terebratula liscaviensis Giebel 1856
Terebratula liusa Pajaud 1972
Terebratula macrescens Dreger 1889
Terebratula marbachensis Rollier 1918
Terebratula marylandica Roberts 1922
Terebratula maxima Friedberg 1924
Terebratula minuta Moore 1861
Terebratula moseleyi Davidson 1878
Terebratula movelierensis Mühlberg 1900
Terebratula neglecta Bittner 1904
Terebratula pachydentata Trechmann 1917
Terebratula pectunculus Quenstedt 1858
Terebratula perforata Desnoyers 1825
Terebratula phillipsii Morris and Davidson 1847
Terebratula praecox Bittner 1902
Terebratula ranieri Catullo 1842
Terebratula retrocarinata Rothpletz 1886
Terebratula rulliacensis Bouillerie 1922
Terebratula salvatoris Greco 1899
Terebratula scillae Segeunza 1871
Terebratula seccoi Parona 1882
Terebratula semicostata Münster 1841
Terebratula sillimani Imlay 1937
Terebratula sinuosa Brocchi 1814
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Invalid names: Anomia pedemontana Lamarck 1818 [synonym], Terebratula maugerii Boni 1933 [synonym]
Terebratula siracusana Seguenza 1871
Terebratula sphenoidalis Meneghini 1874
Terebratula spinosa Valenciennes 1819
Terebratula sturi Laube 1865
Terebratula sturii Laube 1865
Terebratula styriaca Dreger 1889
Terebratula suborbicularis Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Terebratula semiplicata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Terebratula subturgidula Krumbeck 1924
Terebratula superstes Douvillé 1916
Terebratula suspecta Bittner 1902
Terebratula suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911
Terebratula taurolata Sacco 1902
Terebratula tenniensis Rollier 1918
Terebratula terebratula Linnaeus 1758
Terebratula tetragona Roemer 1839
Terebratula thurmanni Rollier 1918
Terebratula trifonovi Jassjukevitch 1973
Terebratula trigona Quenstedt 1852
Terebratula unguiculus Carpenter 1864
Terebratula veszpremica Bittner 1890
Terebratula vitrea Born 1778
Terebratula wittnichi Choffat 1880
Terebratula wyvilli Davidson 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height510.80.90032.523.813.1
shell height6111.60.30039.415.810.6
valve height17.20----

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:44:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wordian to the top of the Calabrian or 266.90000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 264.28 Ma

Collections (531 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) T. sp. (98110 133337)
Griesbachian - Dienerian251.902 - 251.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen T. wittenburgi (211949)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4USA (Alaska) T. sp. (112296)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen T. margaritori (212784)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen T. sp. (211959)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (South Tyrol) T. vulgaris (205097)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Bakony) T. vulgaris (203241 203266)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina T. kittlii (206720) T. venetiana (206611)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy T. sp. nov. (137009) T. vulgaris (136187)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Thuringia) T. angusta (212635)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Bakony) T. vulgaris (203242)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina T. sp. (137002)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany T. laricimontana (136995)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina T. vulgaris (206612)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Serbia and Montenegro T. praecox (203795) T. praecox, T. bukowskii (203797)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Italy (Udine) Waldheimia planoconvexa (203796)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina T. kittlii (203815) T. vulgaris, T. suspecta (203799 203800)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) T. vulgaris, T. liscaviensis (201970)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina T. praecox (203840 203842) T. vulgaris (206735)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Italy (Trento) T. vulgaris (202272)