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Amathia

Gymnolaemata - Ctenostomata - Vesiculariidae

Taxonomy
Amathia is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Vesiculariidae by Bassler (1953); and to Ctenostomata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Amathia Bassler p. G35
2002Amathia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCtenostomataBusk 1852
suborderVesicularinaJohnson 1847
familyVesiculariidaeHincks 1880
genusAmathia

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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Amathia rissoana Roux 1830
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: aragonitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:38:08
Modified: 2010-02-11 02:11:32
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004, Smith et al. 2006
Collections
No collection or age range data are available