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Plectella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866827	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866827
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27792	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27792

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Plectambonitidae : Plectella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Plectambonitidae	Kozlowski 1929
subfamily	Plectambonitinae	Jones 1928
genus	Plectella	Lamansky 1905

Scientific Name

Plectella Lamansky, 1905

Name Published In

Mém. Com. Géol. St. Pétersbourg, (N. S.) 20, 20

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Plectella	genus	belongs to Plectellinae	stated with evidence	Öpik, 1932
Plectella	genus	belongs to Plectambonitinae	stated with evidence	Opik, 1933
Plectella	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

466 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

stationary (based on Strophomenida)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Strophomenida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Plectella uncinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1901	Plectella Lamansky
1932	Plectella Öpik
1933	Plectella Opik
2000	Plectella Williams et al. p. 308
2002	Plectella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Öpik A. (1932) Über die Plectellinen, Eesti Vabariigi Tartu Ülikooli Toimetused\r\n\r\n, 1-85

Opik A. (1933) Über Plectamboniten, Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis, (A) 24 7, 1-79

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Com. Géol. St. Pétersbourg, 20 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Com. Géol. St. Pétersbourg, (N. S.) 20, 20 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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