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Costatumulus tumidus

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Taxonomy
Auriculispina tumida was named by Waterhouse (1983). Its type specimen is UQ F73302, a valve (Ventral valve internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L4515, Homevale, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Tiverton Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Costatumulus farleyensis by Briggs (1998); it was recombined as Costatumulus tumidus by Waterhouse (1986), Li et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Auriculispina tumida Waterhouse
1986Costatumulus tumidus Waterhouse p. 59 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-9; pl 15, figs 12,13
2012Costatumulus tumidus Li et al. p. 304 figs. 7.14-7.19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderProductidina
superfamilyLinoproductoidea
familyMonticuliferidaeMuir-Wood and Cooper 1960
subfamilyAuriculispininae
genusCostatumulusWaterhouse 1983
speciestumidus()

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.

Costatumulus tumidus Waterhouse 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Williams et al. 2000

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Auriculispina tumida (104734 104735 104736 type locality: 105070) Costatumulus tumidus (66235 66236 66237 66240 66242 66243 66244 66245 66246 66247 66248 66249 66250 66251 66252 66254 66255 66256 66257 120380 120636 120637 129995)