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Entactinia tortispina

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae

Taxonomy
Polyentactinia tortispina was named by Ormiston and Lane (1976). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Entactinia tortispina by Feng et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Polyentactinia tortispina Ormiston and Lane pp. 166-167 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1-2, 4-5
2004Entactinia tortispina Feng et al. p. 386

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyEntactiniidaeRiedel 1967
genusEntactiniaRüst 1892
speciestortispina(Ormiston and Lane 1976)

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.

Entactinia tortispina Ormiston and Lane 1976
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Diagnosis
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