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Charixa vennensis

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

Taxonomy
Charixa vennensis was named by Lang (1915). Its type specimen is BMNH D22950 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cowstones, Black Ven (varicosum subzone), which is in an Albian marine sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Charixa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Charixa vennensis Lang p. 501 figs. Pl 17, figs 5-6
1986Charixa vennensis Taylor p. 201 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderMembraniporinaOrtmann 1890
superfamilyMembraniporoideaBusk 1852
familyElectridaeD'Orbigny 1851
genusCharixaLang 1915
speciesvennensisLang 1915

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.

Charixa vennensis Lang 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:13:31
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:32:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Charixa vennensis (type locality: 212758)