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Acidusus cassis

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Taxonomy
Ptychagnostus (Ptychagnostus) cassis was named by Öpik (1961).

It was recombined as Acidusus cassis by Laurie (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Ptychagnostus (Ptychagnostus) cassis Öpik pp. 77-80 figs. pl. 20, figs 4a-13
2008Acidusus cassis Laurie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familyPtychagnostidaeKobayashi 1939
genusAcidusus(Opik 1979)
speciescassis()

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.

Acidusus cassis Öpik 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:48
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:44:17
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Boomerangian to the top of the Menevian or 500.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Ptychagnostus cassis (10572)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Queensland) Ptychagnostus cassis (225231)