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Biplica heteroplicata

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Taxonomy
Biplica heteroplicata was named by Popenoe (1957). Its type specimen is UCLA 27746, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 10786, Clover Creek, which is in a Santonian coastal siliciclastic in the Redding Formation of California. It is the type species of Biplica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. antichthona, B. multiplicata, B. paleocenica, B. siberica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Biplica heteroplicata Popenoe pp. 432-433 figs. pl. 51, figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyRingiculidaePhilippi 1853
genusBiplicaPopenoe 1957
speciesheteroplicata

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.

†Biplica heteroplicata Popenoe 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:36:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:36:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Biplica heteroplicata (72037 224981)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Biplica heteroplicata (type locality: 69307 72079 215315 227289)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Biplica heteroplicata (86780 86781)