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Triplicatella opimus

Orthothecida - Triplicatellidae

Taxonomy
Linevitus opimus was named by Yu (1974). It is not extant. Its type specimen is 2271.

It was recombined as Triplicatella opimus by Liu et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Linevitus opimus Yu
2020Triplicatella opimus Liu et al. p. 3 fig. 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
familyTriplicatellidae
genusTriplicatellaConway Morris 1990
speciesopimus(Yu 1974)

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: aragonitep
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-04-21 11:54:00
Modified: 2011-03-22 11:35:54
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) Linevitus opimus (90137 90152 90162)