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Callianassa suffolkensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Callianassa suffolkensis was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3 mi NE of Suffolk, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Yorktown Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. rakosensis, C. symmetricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Callianassa suffolkensis Rathbun p. 103
2010Callianassa suffolkensis Schweitzer et al. p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusCallianassaLeach 1814
speciessuffolkensis

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.

†Callianassa suffolkensis Rathbun 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Callianassa suffolkensis (type locality: 143589 143590)