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Armadillidium molassicum

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Armadillidiidae

Taxonomy
Armadillo molassicus was named by Heer (1864). It is an impression. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Armadillidium molassicum by Morris (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Armadillo molassicus Heer p. 353 fig. 210
1979Armadillidium molassicum Morris p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
Life
superorderPeracaridaCalman 1904
Mancoida
orderIsopodaLatreille 1817
suborderOniscidea
CrinochetaLegrand 1946
familyArmadillidiidaeBrandt 1833
genusArmadillidiumBrandt 1833
speciesmolassicum()

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