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Postacanthella

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Taxonomy
Postacanthella is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Postacanthella elegans.

It was assigned to Mollusca by Sepkoski (2002); and to Helcionellinae by Parkhaev and Demidenko (2010).

Species
P. elegans (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Postacanthella Sepkoski
2010Postacanthella Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 1007

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
familyHelcionellidae
genusPostacanthella

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.

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Postacanthella elegans Xing et al. 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 17:55:39
Modified: 2009-10-09 12:02:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Meishucunian or 530.70000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Shaanxi) P. elegans (107775)