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Perspicillum

Ostracoda - Hollinocopida - Tetradellidae

Taxonomy
Perspicillum is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Perspicillinae.

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Perspicillinae by Lajblová and Kraft (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Perspicillum Sepkoski
2018Perspicillum Lajblová and Kraft p. 212

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
superorderPalaecopamorphesAbushik 1990
orderHollinocopidaHenningsmoen 1965
suborderHollinocopinaSwartz 1936
superfamilyHollinaceaSwartz 1936
familyTetradellidaeSwartz 1936
subfamilyPerspicillinaeSchallreuter 1967
genusPerspicillum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available