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Ampyxinella costata

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyxinella costata was named by Lu (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Ampyxinella costata Lu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusAmpyxinellaKorleva 1959
speciescostataLu 1975

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: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Hubei) Ampyxinella costata (114989)