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Purella arcana

Maikhanellidae

Taxonomy
Purella arcana was named by Val'kov (1987) [= Anabarella sp. Val’kov 1975 p. pl. 14 f. 9 = Saccioconus cf.sacciformis Zhang & Sun 1991 p. 28 pl. 3 f. 2a-b]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Purella arcana Val'kov
2007Purella arcana Ponder et al. p. 137 figs. 6A-K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
familyMaikhanellidae
genusPurella
speciesarcana

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.

Purella arcana Val'kov 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Created: 2009-06-11 12:50:07
Modified: 2009-06-11 14:50:07
Source: g = genus
References: Hendy 2009, Feng et al. 2001

Age range: Tommotian or 525.50000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Purella arcana (171902)