WoRMS taxon details
Annuloplatidia horni (Gabb, 1861)
235656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235656)
accepted
Species
Morrisia hornii Gabb, 1861 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Platidia hornii (Gabb, 1861) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Morrisia hornii Gabb, 1861) Gabb, W. M. (1861). Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary fossils and a new Carboniferous cephalopod from Texas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 367-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683496
note: Originally described from only fossil material (Miocene). [details]
note: Originally described from only fossil material (Miocene). [details]
Taxonomic remark Gabb (1861) described the species (Morrisia hornii) from Miocene fossil material only. Later authors (e.g., Thomson, 1927;...
Taxonomic remark Gabb (1861) described the species (Morrisia hornii) from Miocene fossil material only. Later authors (e.g., Thomson, 1927; Lissner, 1996) describe additional living specimens. [details]
Verhoeff, T. (2025). World Brachiopoda Database. Annuloplatidia horni (Gabb, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235656 on 2025-06-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Morrisia hornii Gabb, 1861) Gabb, W. M. (1861). Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary fossils and a new Carboniferous cephalopod from Texas. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 13: 367-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683496
note: Originally described from only fossil material (Miocene). [details]
basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
new combination reference Zezina O. N. (1981). The composition and the ways of the formation for talassobathyal brachiopod fauna [in Russian]. <em>In: Benthos of the submarine Mountains Marcus-Necker and adjacent Pacific regions, Shirshov Inst. Okeanol. Moscow.</em> p. 141-149.
note: Zezina moved species to genus Annuloplatidia. [details]
note: Originally described from only fossil material (Miocene). [details]
basis of record Logan, A. (2007). Geographic distribution of extant articulated brachiopods. <em>In: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part H, Brachiopoda (revised), vol.6, 3082–3115. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> [details]
new combination reference Zezina O. N. (1981). The composition and the ways of the formation for talassobathyal brachiopod fauna [in Russian]. <em>In: Benthos of the submarine Mountains Marcus-Necker and adjacent Pacific regions, Shirshov Inst. Okeanol. Moscow.</em> p. 141-149.
note: Zezina moved species to genus Annuloplatidia. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Thomson, J. A. (1927). Brachiopod morphology and genera (recent and Tertiary). <em>New Zealand Board of Science and Art, Manual.</em> 7:338 p., 103 fig., 2 pl.
note: Moved species from Morrisia to Platidia. [details]
taxonomy source Lissner, A. L. (1996). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel: Miscellaneous taxa. <em>U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.</em>
note: Contains list of synonymy and description based on addition recent material collected from the Santa Maria Basin (pp. 32-33). Lists species within genus Platidia (apparently unaware of Zezina 1981 att...
[details]
note: Moved species from Morrisia to Platidia. [details]
taxonomy source Lissner, A. L. (1996). Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel: Miscellaneous taxa. <em>U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region.</em>
note: Contains list of synonymy and description based on addition recent material collected from the Santa Maria Basin (pp. 32-33). Lists species within genus Platidia (apparently unaware of Zezina 1981 att...
Contains list of synonymy and description based on addition recent material collected from the Santa Maria Basin (pp. 32-33). Lists species within genus Platidia (apparently unaware of Zezina 1981 attributing taxa to Annuloplatidia).





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Taxonomic remark Gabb (1861) described the species (Morrisia hornii) from Miocene fossil material only. Later authors (e.g., Thomson, 1927; Lissner, 1996) describe additional living specimens. [details]