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Cavellina unioniformis

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Cytherella unioniformis was named by Herrick (1891).

It was recombined as Cavellina unioniformis by Jung Echols and Creath (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Cytherella unioniformis Herrick p. 44 figs. pl. 1, figs. 8-10
1959Cavellina unioniformis Jung Echols and Creath p. 395

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCavellinoideaEgorov 1950
familyCavellinidaeEgorov 1950
genusCavellinaCoryell 1928
speciesunioniformis(Herrick 1891)

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.

†Cavellina unioniformis Herrick 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Osagean or 351.90000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Ohio) Cytherella unioniformis (162331)