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Keithia subclavatus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Arionellus subclavatus was named by Billings (1860). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada 838e and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Keithia subclavatus by Raymond (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Arionellus subclavatus Billings
1924Keithia subclavatus Raymond

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusKeithiaRaymond 1924
speciessubclavatus(Billings 1860)

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.

Keithia subclavatus Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 09:47:46
Modified: 2009-06-09 11:47:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available