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Obscurania auriculata

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae

Taxonomy
Obscurella auriculata was named by Vasil'eva (1990). It is the type species of Obscurella, Obscurania.

It was recombined as Obscurania auriculata by Kouchinsky et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Obscurella auriculata Vasil'eva
2017Obscurania auriculata Kouchinsky et al. p. 369

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
superfamilyYochelcionelloidea
familyRugaeconidaeVassiljeva 1990
genusObscurania
speciesauriculata(Vasil'eva 1990)

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.

Obscurania auriculata Vasil'eva 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-10-09 07:31:12
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:31:12
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tommotian or 525.50000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Obscurania auriculata (233167)