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Vittaella

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Vittaella was named by Alberti (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m Sepkoski's reference number: 421,802]. Its type is Vittaella vitta.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Cyrtosymbolinae by Bault et al. (2021).

Species
V. vitta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Vittaella Alberti
2002Vittaella Jell and Adrain p. 477
2002Vitaella Sepkoski
2021Vittaella Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusVittaellaAlberti 1976

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.

G. †Vittaella Alberti 1976
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Vittaella vitta Alberti 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available