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Bicarinella bicarinata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Carinella bicarinata was named by Waterhouse (1963). Its type specimen is TM 3109, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GS1456, Steel's House Quarry, Clinton (G45/f9498), which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the "Puruhauan" Formation of New Zealand. It is the type species of Bicarinella.

It was recombined as Bicarinella carinata by Waterhouse (1982); it was recombined as Bicarinella bicarinata by Waterhouse (1966), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Carinella bicarinata Waterhouse pp. 603 – 604 figs. 40, 42-43
1966Bicarinella bicarinata Waterhouse
1982Bicarinella carinata Waterhouse
2023Bicarinella bicarinata Wagner p. S6621

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyNeilsoniinae
genusBicarinella
speciesbicarinata()

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.

Bicarinella bicarinata Waterhouse 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height37.937.009.507.501.32
shell diameter37.236.0010.06.302.23

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14New Zealand Carinella bicarinata (52766)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902New Zealand (Southland) Carinella bicarinata (type locality: 41765)