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Uncinaspira squamosa

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Coreospiridae

Taxonomy
Uncinaspira squamosa was named by He (1984). It is not extant. Its type locality is Niuniuzhai, which is in a Meishucunian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Dengying Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Uncinaspira squamosa He

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
familyCoreospiridae
genusUncinaspira
speciessquamosa

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:20:39
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:57:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Gubanov et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Meishucunian or 530.70000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Sichuan) Uncinaspira squamosa (type locality: 107390)