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Albertella helena

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Taxonomy
Albertella helena was named by Walcott (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 53410 (lectotype) and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Albertella.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aberta, A. alberti, A. declivis, A. floridana, A. hellena, A. limbata, A. microps, A. pirabensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Albertella helena Walcott p. 19 figs. Pl. 2, Figs. 1-4
1936Albertella helena Resser pp. 1 - 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyZacanthoididaeSwinnerton 1915
genusAlbertella
specieshelenaWalcott 1908

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.

†Albertella helena Walcott 1908
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:41:56
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:41:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available