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Litogaster

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Litogastroidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Liogaster von Meyer p. 567
1847Litogaster von Meyer p. 137
1847Brachygaster von Meyer p. 575
1849Myrtonius von Meyer p. 258
1849Aphthartus von Meyer p. 259
1939Lithogaster Kuhn p. 267
1967Litogaster Förster p. 159
1969Litogaster Glaessner p. R464
2002Litogaster Sepkoski
2009Litogaster De Grave et al. p. 21
2010Litogaster Schweitzer et al. p. 19
2013Litogaster Karasawa et al.
2015Litogaster Feldmann et al. p. 17
2022Litogaster Smith et al. p. 1249

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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
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyGlypheoideaWinckler 1882
familyLitogastroidae
genusLitogaster

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.

G. †Litogaster von Meyer 1847
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Litogaster luxoviensis Étallon 1859
Litogaster obtusa von Meyer 1844
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Invalid names: Litogaster venusta von Meyer 1847 [synonym], Myrtonius serratus von Meyer 1849 [synonym]
Litogaster ornata von Meyer 1849
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Invalid names: Myrtonius serratusdup von Meyer 1849 [synonym]
Litogaster tuberculata Assmann 1927
Litogaster turnbullensis Schram 1971
Invalid names: Aphthartus von Meyer 1849 [synonym], Liogaster von Meyer 1844 [replaced], Myrtonius von Meyer 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:09:13
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:09:13
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Fassanian or 248.10000 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Idaho) L. sp. (202145) L. turnbullensis (96857)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99France Lithogaster luxoviensis (226074)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Poland Aphthartus ornatus, Myrtonius serratus (136176)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Germany L. ornata (226014)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany Galathea audax (226081) Liogaster obtusa, L. venusta (226146) L. ornata (127457 226013) L. tiefenbachensis (226015 226016) L. tuberculata (226080) L. venusta (226003)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Germany L. obtusa (226190)