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Damesella blackwelderi

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Damesella blackwelderi was named by Walcott (1905). It is not extant. It is the type species of Damesella.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Cheirurus paronai was named by Airaghi (1902). It is not extant.

    It was recombined as Damesella paronai by Koayashi (1941); it was synonymized subjectively with Damesella blackwelderi by Zhou and Zhen (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Cheirurus paronai Airaghi
1905Damesella blackwelderi Walcott
1941Damesella paronai Koayashi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusDamesellaWalcott 1905
speciesblackwelderiWalcott 1905

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.

Damesella blackwelderi Walcott 1905
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Invalid names: Cheirurus paronai Airaghi 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available