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Acrothele primaeva

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Taxonomy
Discina primaeva was named by de Verneuil and Barrande (1860) [de Verneuil & Barrande in de Prado, 1860]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Acrothele primaeva by Walcott (1912), Walcott (1912).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Discina primaeva de Verneuil and Barrande
1912Acrothele primaeva Walcott

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyAcrotheloidea
familyAcrothelidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyAcrothelinaeWalcott and Schuchert 1908
genusAcrotheleLinnarsson 1876
speciesprimaeva(de Verneuil and Barrande 1860)

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.

Acrothele primaeva de Verneuil and Barrande 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:39:25
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:39:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Lenian or 516.00000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Spain Acrothele primaeva (123838 123849)