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Maternella

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Entomozoidae

Taxonomy
Maternella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Richterininae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Myodocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
M. clathrata
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Maternella Benson et al. p. Q392
2002Maternella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderMyodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMyodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyEntomozoidea(Pribyl 1951)
familyEntomozoidaePribyl 1951
subfamilyRichterininaeSylvester-Bradley 1961
genusMaternella

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: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:48:12
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:10:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) M. clathrata (278369)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Morocco M. sp. (66285)