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Onniella

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Taxonomy

Onniella was named by Bancroft (1928). Its type is Onniella broeggeri.

It was assigned to Onnielidae by Opik (1933); to Onniellidae by Opik (1933); to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002); to Dalmanellinae by Hints (1975), Williams et al. (2000) and Rubel (2011); and to Dalmanellidae by Howe (1988) and Hints and Harper (2015).

Species

O. acuta, O. argentea, O. bancrofti, O. broeggeri (type species), O. flava, O. jonesi (syn. O. sambrensis), O. kalvoya, O. longa, O. navis, O. ostentata, O. pashkevichiusi, O. perplexa, O. plicata, O. rava, O. sturensis, O. tricapitata, O. trigona, O. tyersensis, O. yichangensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

O. avelinei, O. chancharica, O. soudleyensis

Synonyms

Bagnorthis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Onniella by Williams et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002).
Soudleyella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Onniella by Williams et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Orthida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Onniella Bancroft
1933	Onniella Opik
1975	Onniella Hints
1988	Onniella Howe p. 205
2000	Onniella Williams et al. p. 785
2002	Bagnorthis Sepkoski
2002	Onniella Sepkoski
2002	Soudleyella Sepkoski
2011	Onniella Rubel
2015	Onniella Hints and Harper

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

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Orthida	Schuchert and Cooper 1932
suborder	Dalmanellidina	Moore 1952
superfamily	Dalmanelloidea	Schuchert 1913
family	Dalmanellidae	Schuchert 1913
genus	Onniella	Bancroft 1928

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.

G. †Onniella Bancroft 1928

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†Onniella acuta Hints 1975

†Onniella argentea Hisinger 1837

†Onniella bancrofti Lindström 1953

†Onniella broeggeri Bancroft 1928

†Onniella flava Havlicek 1950

†Onniella jonesi Davidson 1883

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Invalid names: Onniella sambrensis Sheehan 1987 [synonym]

†Onniella kalvoya Cocks 1982

†Onniella longa Hints 1975

†Onniella navis Opik 1930

†Onniella ostentata Williams 1963

†Onniella pashkevichiusi Musteikis and Paskevicius 1999

†Onniella perplexa Laurie 1991

†Onniella plicata Howe 1965

†Onniella rava Marek and Havlíček 1967

†Onniella sturensis Hints 1975

†Onniella tricapitata Jin and Zhan 2008

†Onniella trigona Rubel 1962

†Onniella tyersensis Philip 1962

†Onniella yichangensis Zeng 1983

Invalid names: Bagnorthis [synonym], Soudleyella [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10g

Thickness:

thing

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

minorg

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Comments:

Pedically aattached, epifaunal, suspension-feeder (McKerrow, 1979).g

Created:

2009-03-06 07:01:14

Modified:

2009-04-13 11:55:28

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

References: Williams et al. 2000, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Letna to the top of the Ludlow or 460.90000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (402 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Darriwilian	467.3 - 458.4	China (Yunnan)	O. sp. (54187)
Darriwilian	467.3 - 458.4	Russian Federation (Siberia)	Howellites flava (205561)
Letna - Harnagian	460.9 - 457.2	Czech Republic	O. sp. (3861)
Costonian	458.4 - 457.2	United Kingdom (Shropshire)	O. sp. (45276)
Costonian	458.4 - 457.2	United Kingdom (Wales)	O. avelinei (188595) O. sp. (3371)
Costonian - Harnagian	458.4 - 457.2	Sweden	O. sp. (2765 2766 2767 2769)
Costonian - Harnagian	458.4 - 457.2	United Kingdom (Wales)	O. soudleyensis (188594)
Harnagian	458.4 - 457.2	United Kingdom (Shropshire)	O. ostentata (45322 45323)
Harnagian	458.4 - 457.2	United Kingdom (Wales)	O. avelinei (43634) O. soudleyensis (43635)
Soudleyan	458.4 - 457.2	United Kingdom (Wales)	O. soudleyensis (192387) O. sp. (3301 3362)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Jaani	433.6 - 431.3	Lithuania	O. pashkevichiusi (192581 192582)
Jaani	433.6 - 431.3	Estonia (Saare)	O. trigona (193739)
Jaani - Jaagarahu	433.6 - 422.9	Lithuania	O. pashkevichiusi (192579)
Sheinwoodian	433.4 - 430.5	Lithuania	O. pashkevichiusi (192991 192992)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian	433.4 - 427.4	Lithuania	O. pashkevichiusi (192993)
Wenlock	433.4 - 427.4	Lithuania	O. pashkevichius (207295) O. pashkevichiusi (13745 13748 26285 26289)
Wenlock - Ludlow	433.4 - 423.0	Canada (Northwest Territories)	O. sp. (188804)
Homerian - Jaagarahu	430.5 - 422.9	Lithuania	O. pashkevichiusi (192580)
Jaagarahu	428.2 - 422.9	Estonia (Saare)	O. trigona (193807)
Ludlow	427.4 - 423.0	Lithuania	O. pashkevichiusi (195446)