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Sclerostyla

Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha

Taxonomy
Sclerostyla is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Serpulimorpha by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sclerostyla Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
orderSerpulimorpha
genusSclerostyla

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 03:11:25
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:11:25
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Ukraine S. sp. (47061)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (76601)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) S. mellevillei (3258)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados S. sp. (148711)