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Trapezotheca aemulus

Orthothecida - Orthothecidae

Taxonomy
Hyolithus (Orthotheca) aemulus was named by Holm (1893). Its type specimen is SGU 5161, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Trapezotheca.

It was recombined as Trapezotheca aemulus by Syssoiev (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Hyolithus (Orthotheca) aemulus Holm p. 62 figs. pl. 5 f. 72-76
1958Trapezotheca aemulus Syssoiev p. 187 figs. pl. 5 f. 3a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumHyolitha
orderOrthothecida
familyOrthothecidae
genusTrapezotheca
speciesaemulus()

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.

Trapezotheca aemulus Holm 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-02-26 06:56:18
Modified: 2009-02-26 08:56:18
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available