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Cardiocystella prolixora

Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae

Taxonomy
Cardiocystella prolixora was named by Sumrall et al. (2009). It is not extant. Its type specimen is 1791TX13 (Theca). Its type locality is Cardiocystella collection, north Sawmill Canyon, which is in a Sunwaptan shallow subtidal lime mudstone/wackestone in the Whipple Cave Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Cardiocystella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Cardiocystella prolixora Sumrall et al. p. 308 figs. 2-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderCornutaJaekel 1901
suborderCothurnocystidaBather 1913
familyCothurnocystidaeBather 1913
genusCardiocystella
speciesprolixora

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.

Cardiocystella prolixora Sumrall et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. D. Sumrall et al. 2009As Cardiocystella is monotypic, generic and specific taxobases are the same.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:33
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:05:29
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Nevada) Cardiocystella prolixora (type locality: 193843)