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Archinacella simplex

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae

Taxonomy
Metoptoma simplex was named by Billings (1865). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Archinacella simplex by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Stauffer (1937), Yochelson and Copeland (1974), Desbiens et al. (1996) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Metoptoma simplex Billings p. 346 fig. 333
1889Metoptoma simplex Whitfield p. 46
1897Archinacella simplex Ulrich and Scofield pp. 829, 836
1937Archinacella simplex Stauffer p. 56 figs. pl. 10 f. 1-12
1974Archinacella simplex Yochelson and Copeland p. 192 figs. pl. 2 f. 7a-b
1996Archinacella simplex Desbiens et al. p. 1138 figs. pl. 3 f. 9, 13
2023Archinacella simplex Wagner p. 2350

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderArchinacellida()
superfamilyArchinacelloidea()
familyArchinacellidae
genusArchinacella
speciessimplex()

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.

Archinacella simplex Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 11:50:19
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:50:19
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Cassinian or 482.30000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Ontario) Archinacella simplex (56477 56478)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Minnesota) Archinacella simplex (56647)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Archinacella simplex (50065)