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Benoistia

Gastropoda - Brachytrematidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Benoistea Cossmann
1938Benoistia Turner p. 82
1976Benoistea Givens and Kennedy p. 964
1984Benoistia Squires p. 20
1987Benoistia Squires p. 30
1995Benoistia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2002Benoistea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyBrachytrematidae(Cossmann 1906)
genusBenoistia(Cossmann 1899)

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. †Benoistia Cossmann 1899
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Benoistia californica Clark 1938
Benoistia cantonensis Squires 1987
Benoistia umpquaensis Turner 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 66.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66France B. sp. (20816)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24United Kingdom (England) B. lunni (8085)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California) B. brevicula (220401)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland B. pentagonata (27019 27020)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) B. cantonensis (178748 178749)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Benoistea bofilli (75324 75360 75368 75389 75390 75397 75399) Benoistea pyramidata (75323 75328 75330 75331 75337 75342 75355 75356) Benoistea pyramidata, Benoistea vidali (75320 75322 75327 75351) Benoistea vidali (75359) B. vidali (184206)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) B. lunni (39829)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) B. umpquaensis (200870 200878 200892)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Benoistea umpquaensis (200657) B. umpquaensis (8012)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Picardie) B. muricoides (178083)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France B. muricoides (171526)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) B. muricoides (8124)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) B. californica (191188 191189)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France B. muricoides, B. brevicula (78567)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) B. abbreviata (9182 9183 9193 9267 9268 9269) B. boblayi (9067 9072 9073 9075 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9130 9131 9132 9133 9134 9135 9169 9171 9172 9173 9174 9177 9180)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany B. boblayi (95898)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Essonne) B. boblayi (9129)