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Veenia (Nigeria) inortata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Veenia (Nigeria) inortata was named by Bertels (1975). Its type specimen is FCEN-LM 787, a carapace (Female carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Veenia (Nigeria) inortata Bertels p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusVeenia
subgenusNigeriaReyment 1963
speciesinortata

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.

†Veenia (Nigeria) inortata Bertels 1975
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Bertels 1975A species of the subgenus Veenia (Nigeria) with scattered small pits over the surface, which is almost smooth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available