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Exlinella

Holothuroidea - Molpadiida - Exlinellidae

Taxonomy
Exlinella was named by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Exlinella frizzelli. It is the type genus of Exlinellidae.

It was assigned to Exlinellidae by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962) and Frizzell and Exline (1966); and to Molpadiida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
E. frizzelli (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Exlinella Deflandre-Rigaud p. 79
1966Exlinella Frizzell and Exline p. U667
2002Exlinella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
orderMolpadiida
familyExlinellidae
genusExlinella

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. †Exlinella Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
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Exlinella frizzelli Deflandre-Rigaud 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-04 12:50:31
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:50:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Massin 1982, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Basse Normandie) E. frizzelli (94628)