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Endymion meeki

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Endymion meeki was named by Billings (1862). It is the type species of Endymionia.

It was recombined as Endymionia meeki by Billings (1865) and Raymond (1925).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Endymion meeki Billings p. 94
1865Endymionia meeki Billings p. 281
1925Endymionia meeki Raymond pp. 42 - 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEndymioniinae(Raymond 1920)
genusEndymionBillings 1865
speciesmeekiBillings 1862

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.

Endymion meeki Billings 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available