Calymene
Calymene (meaning beautiful crescent as a reference to the glabella) is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida that are found throughout North America, North Africa, and Europe in primarily Silurian outcrops. Calymene is closely related to Flexicalymene, and both genera are frequently found inrolled. Calymene trilobites are small, typically 2 cm in length. Their cephalon is the widest part of the animal, and the thorax is usually in 13 segments.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Calymene blumenbachii
speciesCalymene blumenbachii
Calymene barnesi
speciesCalymene barnesi
Calymene affinis
speciesCalymene affinis
Calymene bisexuata
speciesCalymene bisexuata
Calymene blumenbachi
speciesCalymene blumenbachi
Calymene tungtzuensis
speciesCalymene tungtzuensis
Calymene clavifrons
speciesCalymene clavifrons
Calymene celebra
speciesCalymene celebra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 317855.