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Sowerbyella (Rugosowerbyella) bellarugosa

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae

Taxonomy

Sowerbyella bellarugosa was named by Ulrich and Cooper (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 92867 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sowerbyella (Rugosowerbyella) bellarugosa by Cocks and Rong (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. aequicostellata, S. austrum, S. cava, S. crassa, S. delicatula, S. eximia, S. gigantea C, S. indistincta, S. levanonensis, S. millinensis, S. minuta, S. negrita, S. pisum, S. pleba, S. plebia, S. plicatellus, S. plicatifera, S. ringsakerensis, S. senaria, S. sericea, S. sladenisis, S. variabilis, S. vulgata, S. minor, S. plana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1938	Sowerbyella bellarugosa Ulrich and Cooper pp. 186 - 187 figs. Plate 38 A, figures 1-3
1956	Sowerbyella bellarugosa Cooper p. 777 figs. Plate 196, E, figures 27-29
1989	Sowerbyella (Rugosowerbyella) bellarugosa Cocks and Rong p. 145

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Sowerbyellidae	Opik 1930
subfamily	Sowerbyellinae	Opik 1930
genus	Sowerbyella	Jones 1928
subgenus	Rugosowerbyella	()
species	bellarugosa	()

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.

†Sowerbyella (Rugosowerbyella) bellarugosa Ulrich and Cooper 1938

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10g

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 09:02:41

Modified:

2018-11-10 18:01:17

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian	471.3 - 457.3	USA (Nevada)	Sowerbyella bellarugosa (88946 210662)