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Orbiculoidea semipolita

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy
Discina semipolita was named by Whiteaves (1884).

It was recombined as Orbiculoidea semipolita by Crickmay (1933).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Discina semipolita Whiteaves p. 252 figs. Pl. 33, Fig. 9
1933Orbiculoidea semipolita Crickmay p. 873

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusOrbiculoidead'Orbigny 1847
speciessemipolita(Whiteaves 1884)

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.

Orbiculoidea semipolita Whiteaves 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:50:11
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:50:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (British Columbia) Orbiculoidea semipolita (164635)