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Tryblidium nycteis

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Tryblidiidae

Taxonomy
Metoptoma nycteis was named by Billings (1865) [Metoptoma Nycteis]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tryblidium nycteis by Whiteaves (1884), Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Twenhofel (1938) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Metoptoma nycteis Billings p. 38 figs. 39a-b
1884Tryblidium nycteis Whiteaves
1897Tryblidium nycteis Ulrich and Scofield p. 825
1938Tryblidium nycteis Twenhofel p. 56 figs. pl. 9 f. 6-7
2023Tryblidium nycteis Wagner p. 3563

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderTryblidiida()
superfamilyTryblidioidea()
familyTryblidiidae
genusTryblidium
speciesnycteis()

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.

†Tryblidium nycteis Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
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