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Diodora meta

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Lucapina meta was named by Ihering (1927) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Diodora meta by Weisbord (1962), Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Lucapina meta Ihering
1962Diodora meta Weisbord
2008Diodora meta 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
tribeDiodorini(Odhner 1932)
genusDiodoraGray 1821
speciesmeta(Ihering 1927)

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.

Diodora meta Ihering 1927
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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: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:41:08
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:45:53
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Diodora meta (41544)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Diodora meta (131217 131218)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Carabobo) Diodora meta (41540)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Venezuela (Sucre) Diodora meta (41556)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Diodora meta (61310)