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Milnia

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae

Taxonomy
Milnia was named by Haime (1849).

It was assigned to Saleniidae by Haime (1849); and to Acrosaleniidae by Vadet et al. (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Milnia Haime p. 217
2002Milnia Vadet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Calycina(Gregory 1900)
orderSalenioida()
familyAcrosaleniidae
genusMilnia

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.

G. †Milnia Haime 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:07:36
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:48:52
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Oxfordian to the top of the Holocene or 161.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) M. angularis (21273)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virgin Islands) M. bicornuta (146588)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico M. platysoma (147227)