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Coscinium cyclops

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Taxonomy
Coscinium cyclops was named by Keyserling (1846). It is the type species of Coscinium.

It was recombined as Coscinotrypa cyclops by Morozova and Kruchinina (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hermidensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Coscinium cyclops Keyserling p. 192 figs. Pl 3, fig 5
1986Coscinotrypa cyclops Morozova and Kruchinina p. 37 figs. Pl 5, fig 3; pl 6, fig 2
1994Coscinium cyclops Nakrem p. 60 figs. 7C-F
2009Coscinium cyclops Nakrem et al. p. 679 figs. 6A-E, 8A, 10H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderCystoporida(Astrova 1964)
suborderHexagonellinaMorozova 1970
familyHexagonellidaeCrockford 1947
genusCoscinium
speciescyclops

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.

†Coscinium cyclops Keyserling 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Artinskian or 298.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Coscinium cyclops (115474 115475 115476 115477 115478)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Coscinium cyclops (115258 115261 115262 115275 115479)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Coscinotrypa cyclops (109087 110108 113460 113461 113530)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Nenetsia) Coscinotrypa cyclops (82825)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation Coscinotrypa cyclops (94995 113444 113462 113528)