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Linevitus billingsi

Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae

Taxonomy
Hyolithes billingsi was named by Walcott (1886). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Linevitus billingsi by Qian (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Hyolithes billingsi Walcott
1978Linevitus billingsi Qian

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumHyolitha
orderHyolithidaMathew 1962
suborderHyolithinaMathew 1899
familySulcavitidae
genusLinevitusSyssoiev 1958
speciesbillingsi(Walcott 1886)

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.

Linevitus billingsi Walcott 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-02-19 18:02:21
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:24:52
Source: g = genus, o = order, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Waucoban or 521.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 506.5Greenland Hyolithes billingsi (225266)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) Linevitus billingsi (68083)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Alberta) Hyolithes billingsi (225265)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Hyolithes billingsi (269)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Hyolithes billingsi (50544 225278)