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Pinnixa

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pinnotheridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Pinnixa White
1926Pinnixa Rathbun p. 34
1966Pinnixa Via p. 2
1991Pinnixa Morris and Collins p. 26
1992Pinnixa Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen p. 40
2002Pinnixa Sepkoski
2003Pinnixa Collins et al. p. 222
2010Pinnixa Schweitzer et al. p. 139
2017Pinnixa Luque et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
ThoracotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPinnotheroideaDe Haan 1833
familyPinnotheridae
subfamilyPinnothereliinaeAlcock 1900
genusPinnixaWhite 1846

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. Pinnixa White 1846
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Pinnixa aequipunctata Morris and Collins 1991
Pinnixa faba Dana 1851
Pinnixa galliheri Rathbun 1932
Pinnixa microgranulosa Collins et al. 2003
Pinnixa miocenica Rathbun 1932
Pinnixa montereyensis Rathbun 1932
Pinnixa navidadensis Feldmann et al. 2005
Pinnixa omega Morris and Collins 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:26:23
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:26:23
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile P. navidadensis (53473)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Chile (Chiloe) P. navidadensis (228524)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina P. valdiviensis (43002)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (California) P. galliheri (226787) P. galliheri, P. montereyensis (135999)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Malaysia (Sarawak) P. microgranulosa (175181)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Malaysia (Sabah) P. aequipunctata, P. microgranulosa (185833 185835) P. microgranulosa (185834 185846 185847 185848 185851 185853 185857)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Brunei Darussalam P. aequipunctata, P. omega (173581)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Philippines (Mindanao) P. sp. (224586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) P. sp. (194429)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (South Carolina) P. chaetopterana (147223) P. laevigata (146572)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (North Carolina) P. cylindrica, P. sayana (147224)