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Cretirhynchia (Cretirhynchia) retracta

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae

Taxonomy
Terebratula retracta was named by Roemer (1841).

It was recombined as Cretirhynchia retracta by Gaspard and Odin (2001); it was recombined as Cretirhynchia (Cretirhynchia) retracta by Simon and Owen (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cueniformis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Terebratula retracta Roemer p. 38 figs. Pl 7, fig 2
1950Cretirhynchia triminghamensis Pettitt p. 17 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 7a-c
2001Cretirhynchia retracta Gaspard and Odin p. 431 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
2001Cretirhynchia (Cretirhynchia) retracta Simon and Owen p. 73 figs. Pl 3, figs 2-5; text-fig 9

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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
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyHemithiridoideaRzhonsnitskaya 1956
familyTetrarhynchiidaeAger 1965
subfamilyCretirhynchiinaeKatz 1974
genusCretirhynchia
subgenusCretirhynchia
speciesretracta(Roemer 1841)

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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Invalid names: Cretirhynchia triminghamensis Pettitt 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height514.18.1025.014.66.19

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) Cretirhynchia retracta (214104)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Landes) Cretirhynchia retracta (214059 214106 214185 214209)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Cretirhynchia retracta (170137 170138)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0United Kingdom (Norfolk) Cretirhynchia triminghamensis (170140)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark Cretirhynchia retracta (170136 170139)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) Cretirhynchia triminghamensis (159329)