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Spinucella plessisi
Taxonomy
Purpura (Acanthina) plessisi was named by Lecointre (1952) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene-Late Pleistocene; eastern Atlantic.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is old road of Mazagan, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene coastal horizon in Morocco.
It was recombined as Spinucella plessisi by Vermeij (1993).
It was recombined as Spinucella plessisi by Vermeij (1993).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Purpura (Acanthina) plessisi Lecointre |
| 1993 | Spinucella plessisi Vermeij p. 20 |
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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.
†Spinucella plessisi Lecointre 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Purpura plessisi (127585) |