Liwia
| Liwia Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2
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| 3D reconstruction of Liwia, alongside Peytoia infercambriensis appendages in the background | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Order: | †Nektaspida |
| Family: | †Liwiidae |
| Genus: | †Liwia Dzik and Lendzion, 1988 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Livia Lendzion, 1975 (preoccupied) | |
Liwia is a genus of nektaspid of the family Liwiidae from the Early Cambrian. It includes the species Liwia plana and Liwia convexa, both known from borehole samples several kilometers in depth from the Zawiszyn Formation in Poland, which has also yielded Peytoia infercambriensis.