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Callianassa wechesensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Callianassa wechesensis was named by Stenzel (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Weches L2: Marquez, Leon County, TX, which is in a Lutetian marine marl in the Weches Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. rakosensis, C. symmetricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Callianassa wechesensis Stenzel p. 55 figs. Plate 7, Figs. 4a, b
1935Callianassa wechesensis Stenzel p. 3894
2010Callianassa wechesensis Schweitzer et al. p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
superfamilyCallianassoideaDana 1852
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusCallianassaLeach 1814
specieswechesensis

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.

†Callianassa wechesensis Stenzel 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available