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Neocyprideis zampalensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Neocyprideis zampalensis was named by Uliana and Musacchio (1978). Its type specimen is MLP 413/1, a carapace (Complete caparace), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Neocyprideis zampalensis Uliana and Musacchio pp. 123-124 figs. 18-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
genusNeocyprideis
specieszampalensis

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.

Neocyprideis zampalensis Uliana and Musacchio 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. A. Uliana and E. A. Musacchio 1978Right valve bigger, with cardinal angles, more pronounced than in the left valve and dorsal border subparallel to the ventral border or inclined increasingly towards
back in the progressively younger molts; ventral edge barely concave in the middle anterior part. Left valve with rounded dorsal edge, truncated towards the postero-ventral area; ventral edge more concave than in right valve with a tendency to develop a expansion in the middle posterior part.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available