Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Brachiopoda |
| Class: Strophomenata |
| Order: Strophomenida |
| Family: Chonetidae |
| Genus: Longispina |
| Species: Longispina mucronata (Hall 1843) |
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References
Hall (1867) (as Chonetes mucronata): p. 124, pl. 10-11.
Article by Racheboeuf and Feldman (1990) recombining Chonetes mucronata as Longispina mucronata.
Linsley (1994): p. 180, figs. 16-26.
Wilson (2014): pp. 100, 101.
Remarks
Originally described as Strophomena mucronata by Hall in 1843. Recombined as Chonetes mucronata by Hall in 1867. Recombined as Longispina mucronata by Racheboeuf and Feldman in 1990."
From Wilson (2014, p. 100): “Small, semi-oval shell. Pedicle valve moderately convex with distinct strong striae. Two to three cardinal spines on each side of hinge line, abruptly curving outward. To 10-15 mm.”
From Carlton Brett and Gordon Baird: “Probably the most ubiquitous and widespread taxon in the Middle Devonian, occurring in all facies from offshore dark shales to shallow water carbonates. This brachiopod is one of the rare taxa that is common to the Onondaga, Stony Hollow, and Hamilton faunas of the Appalachian Basin.; A large form sometimes identified as Longispina vicinus is typical of shallow water mudstone facies. It may occur in Tropidoleptus-rich biofacies.”
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