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Scacchinella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4864829	https://www.gbif.org/species/4864829
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27917	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27917

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Scacchinellidae : Scacchinella

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	Productida	Sarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborder	Strophalosiidina	Schuchert 1913
superfamily	Aulostegoidea	Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
family	Scacchinellidae	Licharew 1928
subfamily	Scacchinellinae	Licharew 1928
genus	Scacchinella	Gemmellaro 1891

Scientific Name

Scacchinella Gemmellaro, 1891

Name Published In

Boll. Soc. Palermo, (N. S.) No. 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Scacchinella	genus	belongs to Scacchinellidae	stated with evidence	Muir-Wood and Cooper, 1960
Scacchinella	genus	belongs to Scacchinellinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Scacchinella	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Strophalosiidina)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Strophalosiidina)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Scacchinella americana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Scacchinella depressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Scacchinella exasperata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	299 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Scacchinella gigantea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	21	304 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Scacchinella licharewi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Scacchinella primitiva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Scacchinella titan ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	61	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Scacchinella triangulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	304 Ma Carboniferous	304 Ma Carboniferous
Scacchinella variabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Scacchinella yakowlewi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1891	Scacchinella Gemmellaro
1960	Scacchinella Muir-Wood and Cooper p. 129
2000	Scacchinella Williams et al. p. 607
2002	Scacchinella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Muir-Wood H., Cooper G. A. (1960) Morphology, classification and life habits of the Productoidea (Brachiopoda), Geological Society of America Memoir 81, 1-447

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

Boll. Soc. Palermo, (N. S.) No. 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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

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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