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| subphylum = [[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
| subphylum = [[Crustacean|Crustacea]]
| classis = [[Branchiopoda]]
| classis = [[Branchiopoda]]
| infraclassis = [[Diplostraca]]
| ordo = [[Clam shrimp|Spinicaudata]]
| ordo = [[Clam shrimp|Spinicaudata]]
| genus = ''[[Asmussia]]''
| genus = ''[[Asmussia]]''
| species = '''''A. murchisoniana'''''
| species = '''''A. murchisoniana'''''
| binomial = ''Asmussia murchisoniana''
| binomial = ''Asmussia murchisoniana''
| binomial_authority =
| binomial_authority = (Jones, 1859)
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Revision as of 11:56, 10 November 2010

Asmussia murchisoniana
Temporal range: Devonian
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A. murchisoniana
Binomial name
Asmussia murchisoniana
(Jones, 1859)

Asmussia murchisoniana was a Devonian crustacean of the class Branchiopoda. Like other clam shrimps, Asmussia had a bivalved shell, which was its only preserved part, about 3 mm long. It probably was a filter feeder or a scavenger.

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Asmussia