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Cymbularia merita

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Cymbularia merita was named by Reed (1921). It is not extant. Its type locality is Proetus concinnus-Warburgella stokesii Assemblage, Much Wenlock Limestone, which is in a Homerian marine grainstone/lime mudstone in the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Cymbularia merita Reed p. 68 figs. pl. 10 f. 20
2023Cymbularia merita Wagner p. 4802

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyCymbulariinae
genusCymbularia
speciesmerita

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.

Cymbularia merita Reed 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 09:51:15
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:21:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Homerian or 430.50000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Cymbularia merita (type locality: 23057)