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Chelonibia melleni

Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Chelonibiidae

Taxonomy
Chelonibia melleni was named by Zullo (1982). Its type specimen is MSU 3260, an other, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MSU Loc. 2181 - Smith Co. Lime Plant [Mint Springs Marl], which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Mint Springs Formation of Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Chelonibia melleni Zullo p. 3 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
RankNameAuthor
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassThoracica(Darwin 1854)
superorderThoracicalcarea()
—Sessilia(Lamarck 1818)
orderBalanomorpha(Pilsbry 1916)
superfamilyCoronuloideaLeach 1817
familyChelonibiidaePilsbry 1916
subfamilyChelonibiinaePilsbry 1916
genusChelonibiaLeach 1817
speciesmelleni

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.

†Chelonibia melleni Zullo 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available