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Cyrtodontula compressa

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Whitella compressa was named by Ulrich (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Ordovician.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cyrtodontula compressa by Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Whitella compressa Ulrich p. 180
1960Cyrtodontula compressa Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusCyrtodontula
speciescompressa(Ulrich 1890)

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.

Cyrtodontula compressa Ulrich 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 11:38:37
Modified: 2020-02-20 07:37:44
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Cautleyan or 453.80000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Whitella compressa (26277)
Pusgillian - Cautleyan449.5 - 448.8Norway (Ringerike) Cyrtodontula compressa (194671)