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Actinoconchus planosulcatus

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Taxonomy
Athyris planosulcata was named by Phillips (1836).

It was recombined as Athyris (Actinoconchus) planosulcata by Tschernyschew (1902); it was recombined as Actinoconchus planosulcatus by Kashirtsev (1959) and Lee and Gu (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. expansa, A. paradoxus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Athyris planosulcata Phillips
1902Athyris (Actinoconchus) planosulcata Tschernyschew p. 105 figs. Pl 43, figs 7-10
1959Actinoconchus planosulcatus Kashirtsev p. 68 figs. Pl 37, figs 2,3
1980Actinoconchus planosulcatus Lee and Gu p. 402 figs. Pl 174, fig 10

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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
orderAthyrididaBoucot et al. 1964
suborderAthyrididinaBoucot et al. 1964
superfamilyAthyridoideaMcCoy 1844
familyAthyrididaeMcCoy 1841
subfamilyAthyridinaeM'Coy 1844
genusActinoconchus
speciesplanosulcatus(Phillips 1836)

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.

†Actinoconchus planosulcatus Phillips 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height35.925.407.105.400.981

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:04
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Capitanian or 340.00000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9China (Xinjiang) Actinoconchus planosulcatus (41754 41758)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Actinoconchus planosulcatus (5994 5995)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Actinoconchus planosulcatus (5986 5987)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Actinoconchus planosulcatus (73391)
Cisuralian298.9 - 273.01Russian Federation Actinoconchus planosulcatus (110285)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Heilongjiang) Actinoconchus planosulcata (61882)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan Athyris planosulcata (132459)