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Moorellina

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

Taxonomy
Moorellina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thecideida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Moorellininae by Williams et al. (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Elliottina Sepkoski
2002Moorellina Sepkoski
2006Moorellina Williams et al. p. 1953

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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
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecideoidea(Gray 1840)
familyThecidellinidaeElliott 1958
subfamilyMoorellininaePajaud 1966
genusMoorellina

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.

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Moorellina negevensis KrawczyƄski and Wilson 2011
Moorellina septata Moore 1854
Invalid names: Elliottina [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height10.363

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:47
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 221.50000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian221.5 - 215.56China (Sichuan) M. hanwangensis (123656)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3France M. sp. (34712 34714)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (36548 36556)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Israel Moorelina sp. (91903) M. negevensis (233479)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Moorelina sp. (1907)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland M. septata (233362)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (22737)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Moorelina sp. (22785)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Czech Republic M. vesna (64721)