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Biplica michaeli

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Taxonomy
Biplica michaeli was named by Popenoe (1957). Its type specimen is UCLA 27740, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 2874, East Fork of Huling Creek, which is in an Aptian/Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Biplica michaeli Popenoe p. 433 figs. pl. 50, figs. 9-11
1960Biplica michaeli Murphy and Rodda p. 846 figs. Pl. 101, figs. 1,2,3,4

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

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 michaeli 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 Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 113.00000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (California) Biplica michaeli (type locality: 216368)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Biplica michaeli (185408)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Biplica michaeli (1804)