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Scenella venillia

Tergomya - Scenellidae

Taxonomy
Metoptoma venillia was named by Billings (1865) [Metoptoma Venillia]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Walcott Locality 115a. Point Lévis cemetary, St. Lawrence River., which is in a Sunwaptan carbonate limestone in the Levis Formation of Canada.

It was corrected as Metoptoma venellia by Whitfield (1889); it was recombined as Scenella venillia by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Metoptoma venillia Billings pp. 88 - 89 fig. 80
1889Metoptoma venellia Whitfield p. 45
2023Scenella venillia Wagner p. 4942

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classTergomya
superfamilyScenelloideaMiller 1889
familyScenellidae
genusScenellaBillings 1872
speciesvenillia()

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.

Scenella venillia Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0f
Adult height: 0.1 to < 1.0f
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-04-21 09:41:17
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:42:25
Source: g = genus, f = family
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Quebec) Metoptoma venillia (type locality: 56819)