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Menoeidina arcuata

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Menoeidina arcuata was named by Turner (1939) [Illustrated specimens: UMMP 59182-86, 59527, 60085]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. multipuncata, M. versicula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Menoeidina arcuata Turner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCavellinoideaEgorov 1950
familyCavellinidaeEgorov 1950
genusMenoeidinaStewart 1936
speciesarcuataTurner 1939

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.

†Menoeidina arcuata Turner 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Menoeidina arcuata (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Menoeidina arcuata (38475 38476)