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Vietnamia nivalis

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Taxonomy
Calymene nivalis was named by Salter (1865). Its type specimen is NHM I.13553, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Neseuretus nivalis by Dean (1967), Dean (1975) and Morris and Fortey (1985); it was recombined as Vietnamia nivalis by Turvey (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Calymene nivalis Salter p. 10 figs. pl. 1, figs 24–26
1967Neseuretus nivalis Dean
1975Neseuretus nivalis Dean
1985Neseuretus nivalis Morris and Fortey p. 96 figs. pl. 5, fig. 3
2005Vietnamia nivalis Turvey pp. 568 - 571 figs. Plate 3, figures 6–12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyCalymenidaeMilne-Edwards 1840
subfamilyReedocalymeninaeHupe 1955
genusVietnamiaKobayashi 1960
speciesnivalis(Salter 1865)

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.

Vietnamia nivalis Salter 1865
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. T. Turvey 2005Species of Vietnamia with only slightly laterally expanded L1; intermediate lobe poorly developed; preglabellar area 25–35 per cent cephalic length (sag.); pygidium with nine axial rings and five well-defined pleural furrows, sixth furrow poorly defined.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:42:12
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:17:38
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available