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Stenothecidae

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Stenothecidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Stenothecinae Runnegar and Jell
1980Stenothecidae Runnegar and Jell p. 111
1989Mellopegmidae Missarzhevsky
2001Stenothecinae Parkhaev p. 181
2002Stenothecidae Parkhaev p. 36
2002Stenothecinae Parkhaev p. 36
2004Stenothecidae Parkhaev p. 599
2004Stenothecinae Parkhaev p. 599
2005Stenothecidae Bouchet et al. p. 241
2005Stenothecinae Bouchet et al. p. 241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
superfamilyYochelcionelloidea
familyStenothecidae
familyStenothecidae

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.

Fm. †Stenothecidae Runnegar and Jell 1980
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G. †Acanthotheca Vendrasco et al. 2011
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Acanthotheca junior Runnegar 1996
G. †Eurekapegma MacKinnon 1985
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Eurekapegma cooperi MacKinnon 1985
G. †Mellopegma Runnegar and Jell 1976
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Mellopegma georginensis Runnegar and Jell 1976
Mellopegma indecora Rozanov et al. 1969
Mellopegma schizocheras Vendrasco et al. 2011
Mellopegma uslonica Parkhaev 2004
G. †Planutenia Elicki 1994
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Planutenia flectata Elicki 1994
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Invalid names: Planutenia inclinata Elicki 1994 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aequiconus Parkhaev 2001 [synonym]
G. †Pseudoscenella Starobogatov and Moskalev 1987
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Pseudoscenella levigata Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010
Pseudoscenella manchurica Kobayashi 1933
G. †Stenotheca Hicks 1872
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Stenotheca acutacosta Walcott 1890
Stenotheca angusta Cobbold 1935
Stenotheca clotho Walcott 1912
Stenotheca cornucopia Hicks 1872
Stenotheca drepanoida He et al. 1984
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Invalid names: Mellopegma absida Li and Ding 1996 [synonym]
Stenotheca higginsi Peel 2021
Stenotheca lata Cobbold 1935
Stenotheca norvegica Resser 1938
Stenotheca pojetai Runnegar and Jell 1976
Stenotheca tepee Runnegar and Jell 1976
Stenotheca transbaikalica Parkhaev 2004
Invalid names: Mellopegmidae Missarzhevsky 1989 [synonym], Stenothecinae Runnegar and Jell 1980 [invalid subgroup], Watsonellinae Parkhaev 2002 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Surficial or semi-infaunal, non-motile attached or non-motile unattached, suspension feeder according to Bambach et al (2007).f
Created: 2009-09-24 14:16:38
Modified: 2010-05-17 04:48:53
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Cressagian or 530.70000 to 482.00000 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Pseudoscenella hujingtanensis (171896) Pseudoscenella levigata (171898)
Placentian538.8 - 517.1USA (Massachusetts) Mellopegma sp. (56833 56836)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Sichuan) Scenella hujingtanensis (107701)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Hubei) Scenella hujingtanensis (108415)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Mellopegma sp. (108309)
Meishucunian - Tommotian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Pseudoscenella levigata (96449)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Anabarella indecora (80796 96251 96391 96394)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Anabarella indecora (45850 45851 45852)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Hubei) Scenella hujingtanensis (56807)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Mellopegma sp. (50420)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Ginella acutacosta (6897)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0USA (Massachusetts) Ginella acutacosta (56835)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Stenotheca drepanoida (97741)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Henan) Anabarella drepanoida (49532) Stenotheca drepanoida (96523 96525)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.9China (Anhui) Anabarella dreponodus (107632)
Atdabanian - Lenian521.0 - 510.2Germany (Saxony) Planutenia flectata, Planutenia inclinata (6899)
Branchian517.1 - 509.0United Kingdom (England) Anabarella indecora (79931 79939)
Branchian517.1 - 509.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Stenotheca acutacosta (99495)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Antarctica Stenotheca sp. (199524)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Chitinskaya oblast) Mellopegma uslonica (49387) Stenotheca transbaikalica, Mellopegma uslonica (49383)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9China (Shaanxi) Stenotheca drepanoida (199515 199516)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Mellopegma uslonicum (174258)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Stenotheca drepanoida (50793 96914 96915 96917 96958 96965 97700 97724 97726 97730 97751 97770 97773 97776 172616 172620) Stenotheca sp. (225121)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (New York) Stenotheca drepanoides (78762 78767)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Quebec) Mellopegma georginensis (78755)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Planutenia flectata (78749) Stenotheca sp., Planutenia flectata (50783)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland (Peary Land) Stenotheca higginsi (210618)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland Mellopegma sp. (225140) Stenotheca sp. (49471)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) Planutenia flectata (97879)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Norway (Mjøsa) Stenotheca norvegica (174259)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Australia (New South Wales) Mellopegma sp., Stenotheca tepee, Stenotheca pojetai (56811)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Mellopegma georginense (171309)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0USA (Idaho/ Utah) Stenotheca sp. (218)
Templetonian508.0 - 504.5Australia (Queensland) Mellopegma georginensis (70046)
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) Mellopegma georginensis (56809) Mellopegma georginensis, Mellopegma schizocheras (93420) Mellopegma georginensis, Ribeiria junior (93407 93409) Ribeiria junior (93421)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Mellopegma georginensis (230682)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0New Zealand (Nelson) Eurekapegma cooperi (7897)
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0South Korea (Hwanghae-namdo) Stenotheca manchurica (39398)