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Thecidellina

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecidellinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Thecidellina Sepkoski
2006Thecidellina Williams et al. p. 1949

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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
subfamilyThecidellininaeElliott 1953
genusThecidellina

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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Thecidellina alabamensis Cooper 1988
Thecidellina bahamiensis Luter and Logan 2008
Thecidellina barretti Davidson 1864
Thecidellina japonica Hayasaka 1938
Thecidellina minuta Cooper 1981
Thecidellina persica Bitner et al. 2023
Thecidellina williamsi Luter and Logan 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height32.392.102.602.500.265
shell height51.241.001.601.200.241

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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 61.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) T. alabamensis (153344)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Cuba T. sp. (166251)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Thecidellina indet. (32901)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga T. sp. (43006)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran T. persica (232984)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba T. sp. (164933)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Fiji T. sp. (186818)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97New Zealand T. sp. (152327)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia T. sp. (186821)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji T. sp. (186816 186817)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji T. sp. (78060)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6New Zealand T. maxilla (152345)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand T. maxilla (152344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588New Zealand T. maxilla (152343)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) T. maxilla (85087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu T. sp. (186830 186832) T. sp. 1 (186823 186824 186826 186827) T. sp. 3 (78043)