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Fissurella barbadensis

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Patella barbadensis was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Fissuridea barbadensis by Woodring et al. (1924); it was recombined as Fissurella barbadensis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Patella barbadensis Gmelin
1924Fissuridea barbadensis Woodring and et al.
2008Fissurella barbadensis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyFissurellinaeFleming 1822
genusFissurellaBruguière 1789
speciesbarbadensis(Gmelin 1791)

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:42:04
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:46:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Fissuridea barbadensis (60880)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Fissurella barbadensis (66769)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Fissurella barbadensis (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Fissurella barbadensis (67947 67949 67950 67961 67966)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Fissurella barbadensis (67946 67963 67965)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Fissurella barbadensis (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Fissurella barbadensis (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Fissurella barbadensis (80677)