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Oepikites acutes

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Lingulella acuta was named by Pelman (1978).

It was recombined as Oepikites acutes by Puura and Holmer (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Oepikites acutes Puura and Holmer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyLinguloideaMenke 1828
familyObolidaeKing 1846
subfamilyObolinaeKing 1846
genusOepikitesKhazanovitch and Popov 1984
speciesacutes(Pelman 1978)

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.

Oepikites acutes Pelman 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 08:53:53
Modified: 2009-06-11 10:53:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available