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Persephona invalida

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Taxonomy
Persephona invalida was named by Rathbun (1929). Its type specimen is CAS 5243, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 1413, San Diego, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Persephona invalida Rathbun p. 470 fig. 2
2010Persephona invalida Schweitzer et al. p. 89

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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
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyLeucosioideaSamouelle 1819
familyLeucosiidaeSamouelle 1819
subfamilyEbaliinaeStimpson 1871
genusPersephonaLeach 1817
speciesinvalida

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.

†Persephona invalida Rathbun 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:36:32
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:36:32
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Persephona invalida (type locality: 135776)