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Kloucekia apiculata

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Portlockia apiculata was named by McCoy (1851). Its type specimen is SMA 10962 [lectotype selected by Harper 1947], a cephalon/head, and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Phacops apiculatus by Salter (1853); it was recombined as Scotiella apiculata by Harper (1947); it was recombined as Kloucekia apiculata by Dean (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. poueytoi, K. robertsi, K. ruderalis, K. solitaria, K. trixi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Portlockia apiculata McCoy
1853Phacops apiculatus Salter
1947Scotiella apiculata Harper
1961Kloucekia apiculata Dean

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusKloucekiaDelo 1935
speciesapiculata(McCoy 1851)

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.

†Kloucekia apiculata McCoy 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:36:45
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:36:45
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Longvillian or 457.20000 to 455.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Walers) Kloucekia apiculata (3304)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) Kloucekia apiculata (188590 192388)
Longvillian - Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Kloucekia apiculata (192402 192407)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Kloucekia apiculata (188591)