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Olivella (Macgintiella) limonensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Taxonomy
Olivella limonensis was named by Olsson (1922). Its type specimen is PRI (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Limon, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica. It is the type species of Olivella (Macgintiella).

It was recombined as Olivella (Macgintiella) limonensis by Olsson (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Olivella limonensis Olsson pp. 93-94 figs. pl. 7, figs. 19, 20
1956Olivella (Macgintiella) limonensis Olsson p. 208

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlividaeLatreille 1825
genusOlivellaSwainson 1831
subgenusMacgintiellaOlsson 1956
specieslimonensis()

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
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 09:05:39
Modified: 2009-03-16 11:05:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Olivella limonensis (type locality: 134667)