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Periarchus quinquefarius

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae

Taxonomy
Scutella quinquefaria was named by Say (1825).

It was recombined as Mortonella quinquefaria by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Periarchus quinquefarius by Cooke (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Scutella quinquefaria Say
1915Mortonella quinquefaria Clark and Twitchell p. 128
1942Periarchus quinquefarius Cooke p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyProtoscutellidae
genusPeriarchus
speciesquinquefarius(Say 1825)

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: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Mortonella quinquefaria (203440 203441)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Mortonella quinquefaria (140087)