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Litiopa

Gastropoda - Litiopidae

Taxonomy
Litiopa was named by Rang (1829) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Litiopidae by Gardner (1947), Harris and Palmer (1947), Wilson (1993), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Litiopa Rang
1947Litiopa Gardner p. 579
1947Litiopa Harris and Palmer p. 300
1993Litiopa Wilson p. 127
1995Litiopa Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2002Litiopa Sepkoski
2005Litiopa Bouchet et al. p. 101

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyLitiopidae(Gray 1847)
genusLitiopaRang 1829

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.

G. Litiopa Rang 1829
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Litiopa klipsteini Cossmann 1882
Litiopa papillosa Wood 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:12:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:12:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) L. sp. (5570 5571 5572 5573 5574 5575 5577 5578 5590 5594)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) L. marylandica (91859)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) L. texana (7788 7789 84325 84337 205521 205533)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) L. sulculosa (3261)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) L. sp. (205271 205433 205480 205484 205485)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) L. palaeosargassina (42482 42605 42684)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) L. papillosa (84755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) L. melanostoma (41935 92776)