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Bdellacoma vermiformis

Stenuroidea - Bdellacomidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocoma (Bdellacoma) vermiformis was named by Salter (1857).

It was misspelled as Bdellocoma vermiformis by Goldring and Stephenson (1972); it was recombined as Bdellacoma vermiformis by Stürtz (1893), Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1940), Owen (1965) and Lewis et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Palaeocoma (Bdellacoma) vermiformis Salter p. 324
1893Bdellacoma vermiformis Stürtz pp. 46, 63
1915Bdellacoma vermiformis Schuchert p. 254
1940Bdellacoma vermiformis Spencer pp. 528-529 figs. text-figs. 331C, 335C, 335D, 341, 342, pl. 36 figs. 3, 4, pl. 37 fig. 8
1965Bdellacoma vermiformis Owen p. 548
1972Bdellocoma vermiformis Goldring and Stephenson p. 619
2007Bdellacoma vermiformis Lewis et al. p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
suborderProturina
familyBdellacomidae
genusBdellacoma()
speciesvermiformis()

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.

Bdellacoma vermiformis Salter 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilesubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: carnivoresubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:38:42
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:38:42
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Leintwardine or 421.30000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Leintwardine421.3 - 419.2United Kingdom Bdellocoma vermiformis (95143)