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Mimiosalenia quiquetuberculata

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Goniopygidae

Taxonomy
Mimiosalenia quiquetuberculata was named by Smith (1995). Its type specimen is BMNH EE3981 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mimiosalenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Mimiosalenia quiquetuberculata Smith p. 148 figs. Pl 5, figs 4-10,12; text-figs 19,20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyGoniopygidaeSmith and Wright 1993
genusMimiosalenia
speciesquiquetuberculata

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:05
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:53:34
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith 2009, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available