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Lucapinella limatula

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Fissurella limatula was named by Reeve (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lucapinella limatula by Rosenberg (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. eurytreta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Fissurella limatula Reeve
2005Lucapinella limatula Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
genusLucapinellaPilsbry 1890
specieslimatula(Reeve 1850)

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 mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:52:02
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:51:33
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Lucapinella limatula (41760 42328)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Lucapinella limatula (131210 131217 131218)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Lucapinella limatula (61310 67069)