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Lepeta caeca

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lepetidae

Taxonomy
Patella caeca was named by Müller (1776) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Arctic Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Lepeta caeca by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Patella caeca Müller p. 237
2008Lepeta caeca Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyLepetidaeGray 1850
subfamilyLepetinaeGray 1850
genusLepetaGray 1842
speciescaeca(Müller 1776)

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.

Lepeta caeca Müller 1776
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-08-15 13:52:22
Modified: 2009-09-18 12:18:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Lepeta caeca (75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Sweden (Bohuslan) Lepeta caeca (140009)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Lepeta caeca (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Lepeta caeca (75220)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Lepeta caeca (66500)