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Codiacystis

Diploporita

Taxonomy

Codiacystis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sphaeronitidae by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

C. bohemica (syn. Craterina excavata, Craterina intermedia excavata, Craterina infundibulum, Craterina consobrina, Craterina obscens, Aristocystites grandiscutum), C. moneta (syn. Craterina surgens, Aristocystites idealis, Alveolites advena, Craterina applanata, Craterina modica, Craterina simulans), C. potens, Craterina intermedia, Cystidea porosa

Synonyms

Craterina was named by Barrande (1887).

It was synonymized subjectively with Codiacystis by Prokop (1964).

It was assigned to Diploporita by Parsley (1990).
Cystidea porosa was named by Barrande (1887). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Prokop (1964).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1887	Craterina Barrande
1887	Cystidea porosa Barrande
1967	Codiacystis Beaver et al. p. S245
1990	Craterina Parsley p. 279
2002	Codiacystis Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Blastozoa
class	Diploporita	Müller 1854
genus	Codiacystis

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. †Codiacystis

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†Codiacystis bohemica Barrande 1887

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Invalid names: Aristocystites grandiscutum Barrande 1887 [synonym], Craterina consobrina Barrande 1887 [synonym], Craterina excavata Barrande 1877 [synonym], Craterina infundibulum Barrande 1887 [synonym], Craterina intermedia excavata Barrande 1887 [synonym], Craterina obscens Barrande 1887 [synonym]

†Codiacystis moneta Barrande 1887

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Invalid names: Alveolites advena Barrande 1887 [synonym], Aristocystites idealis Barrande 1887 [synonym], Craterina applanata Barrande 1887 [synonym], Craterina modica Barrande 1887 [synonym], Craterina simulans Barrande 1877 [synonym], Craterina surgens Barrande 1887 [synonym]

Codiacystis potens Barrande 1887

Invalid names: Craterina Barrande 1887 [synonym], Cystidea porosa Barrande 1887 [nomen dubium]

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:

2004-02-28 17:28:44

Modified:

2010-02-10 13:39:16

Source: c = class, p = phylum

References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Oretanian to the top of the Darriwilian or 468.00000 to 458.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 461.0 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian	469.4 - 458.2	Iran	C. sp. (66865)
Oretanian	468.0 - 461.0	Spain (Toledo)	C. sp. (20898)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real)	C. sp. (20893)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Spain (Ciudad Real)	C. moneta (44050)
Berounian	459.7 - 450.1	Morocco	C. sp. (56179)
Vinice	459.3 - 457.3	Czechia	Aristocystites potens (200045)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician	459.3 - 443.1	Czechia	Craterina sp., C. moneta, C. bohemicus (3865)