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Tretaspis latilimba

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Tretaspis latilimbus was named by Linnarsson (1869).

It was corrected as Tretaspis latilimba by Bergstrom (1973), Owen (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Tretaspis latilimbus Linnarsson
1973Tretaspis latilimba Bergstrom
1981Tretaspis latilimba Owen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrinucleinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTretaspis
specieslatilimba(Linnarsson 1869)

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.

Tretaspis latilimba Linnarsson 1869
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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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-06-09 08:26:51
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:23:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Vormsi to the top of the Rawtheyan or 449.90000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Norway Tretaspis latilimbus (164583)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Norway (Baerum) Tretaspis latilimbus (164582)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Russian Federation (Kaliningrad oblast) Tretaspis latilimba (235849)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo Asker) Tretaspis latilimbus (164580)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) Tretaspis latilimbus (164209 164584)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Vastergotland) Tretaspis latilimba (74932)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway Tretaspis latilimbus (164585)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Norway Tretaspis latilimbus (163408)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Norway (Oslo Asker) Tretaspis latilimbus (163344)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) Tretaspis latilimbus (163307)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway Tretaspis latilimbus (163020 163339 163362)