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Heteroschisma subtruncatus

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae

Taxonomy
Heteroschisma subtruncatus was named by Hall (1858). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Heteroschisma subtruncatus Hall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyPhaenoschismatidaeEtheridge and Carpenter 1886
genusHeteroschismaWachsmuth 1883
speciessubtruncatusHall 1858

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available