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Acosmia

Taxonomy
Acosmia was named by Chen and Zhou (1997).

It was assigned to Priapulida by Bambach et al. (2007).

Species
A. maotiania

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Acosmia Chen and Zhou
2007Acosmia Bambach et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
—CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
—Scaldiphora
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
genusAcosmiaChen and Zhou 1997

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.

G. †Acosmia Chen and Zhou 1997
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†Acosmia maotiania Chen and Zhou 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsp
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Shallow infaunal, fac. motile unattached, mining according to Bambach et al (2007).g
Created: 2009-02-19 18:08:12
Modified: 2009-09-21 15:01:33
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) A. maotiania (68083) A. sp. (86929 86933)