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Disphenia myiodes

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dispheniidae

Taxonomy
Disphenia myiodes was named by Grant (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 425000 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece. It is the type species of Disphenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Disphenia myiodes Grant p. 130 figs. Pl 1, figs 8-10; pl 2, figs 17-30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderGwyniidina
superfamilyGwynioidea
familyDispheniidae
genusDisphenia
speciesmyiodes

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.

Disphenia myiodes Grant 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height150.9980.4002.001.100.453

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:27:37
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:27:37
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Disphenia myiodes (type locality: 42460 42461 42466 42467 64176 109352 109353 109354)