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Phiops aciculorum

Polychaeta - Eunicida - Lumbrinereidae

Taxonomy
Phiops aciculorum was named by Schram (1979). Its type specimen is UM 5543 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch, which is in an Arnsbergian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Heath Formation of Montana. It is the type species of Phiops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Phiops aciculorum Schram p. 115 figs. 3a,b, 4c,d, 5a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
orderEunicidaUshakov 1955
familyLumbrinereidaeMalmgren 1867
genusPhiops
speciesaciculorum

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Phiops aciculorum Schram 1979
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Diagnosis
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