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Cystisella

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae

Taxonomy
Cystisella is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mucronellidae by Bassler (1953); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bryocryptellidae by Bock (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cystisella Bassler p. G208
2002Cystisella Sepkoski
2006Cystisella Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
infraorderUmbonulomorphaGordon 1989
superfamilyLepralielloideaVigneaux 1949
familyBryocryptellidaeVigneaux 1949
genusCystisella

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: intermediate Mg calcitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 04:49:57
Modified: 2008-02-27 04:13:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland C. saccata, C. bicornis (75197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland C. saccata (75127)