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Odontochile (Spinodontochile) spinifera spinifera

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Phacops spinifer spinifer was named by Barrande (1846) [This subspecies not created by Barrande but treated by later later authors as a subspecies, so creating to allow proper recombinations at subspecies rank].

It was recombined as Spinodontochile spinifera spinifera by Snajdr (1987); it was recombined as Odontochile (Zlichovaspis) spinifera spinifer by Pek and Vanek (1989); it was recombined as Odontochile (Spinodontochile) spiniferum spiniferum by Hörbinger (2000); it was recombined as Zlichovaspis spinifera spinifera by Vanek and Valicek (2002); it was recombined as Odontochile (Spinodontochile) spinifera spinifera by Chlupac (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Phacops spinifer spinifer Barrande p. 82
1987Spinodontochile spinifera spinifera Snajdr pp. 40-42
1989Odontochile (Zlichovaspis) spinifera spinifer Pek and Vanek p. 14
2000Odontochile (Spinodontochile) spiniferum spiniferum Hörbinger p. 11
2002Odontochile (Spinodontochile) spinifera spinifera Chlupac p. 34
2002Zlichovaspis spinifera spinifera Vanek and Valicek p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
subfamilyDalmanitinaeVodges 1890
genusOdontochilePribyl and Vanek 1971
subgenusSpinodontochilePribyl and Vanek 1971
speciesspinifera(Barrande 1846)
subspeciesspinifera(Barrande 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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available