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Speluncella spinosa

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Speluncella spinosa was named by Schneider (1956). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 72-18, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Speluncella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Speluncella spinosa Schneider p. 121 figs. Pl 19, fig 3

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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
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
genusSpeluncella
speciesspinosa

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.

†Speluncella spinosa Schneider 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.310

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Fassanian or 241.46400 to 239.48000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Kazakhstan Speluncella spinosa (132368)