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Rutroclypeidae (disused)

Soluta - Dendrocystitida - Dendrocystitidae

Taxonomy
Rutroclypeidae is a family. It is not extant. Its type is Rutroclypeus.

It was assigned to Dendrocystitida by Noailles et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Rutroclypeidae Noailles et al. p. 461

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classSolutaJaekel 1900
orderDendrocystitida
familyDendrocystitidaeBassler 1938
familyRutroclypeidae
familyRutroclypeidae

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 calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: suspension feedersubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:36:39
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:36:39
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available