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Dicellomus politus

Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae

Taxonomy
Lingula polita was named by Hall (1861).

It was recombined as Obolella polita by Whitfield (1880); it was recombined as Dicellomus politus by Hall (1871), Walcott (1905) and Lochman (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Lingula polita Hall p. 24
1871Dicellomus politus Hall p. 3
1880Obolella polita Whitfield p. 339 figs. pl. 2, figs. 12-13
1905Dicellomus politus Walcott p. 316
1940Dicellomus politus Lochman p. 19 figs. pl. 1 fig. 8

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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
genusDicellomus
speciespolitus(Hall 1861)

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.

Dicellomus politus Hall 1861
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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
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-02 13:40:01
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:40:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Minnesota) Obolella polita (156300)