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Austriacopsis (Balinula)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Balinula was named by Dacque (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale J Bajo].

It was reranked as Austriacopsis (Balinula) by Knight et al. (1960), Conti and Szabó (1989).

It was assigned to Austriacopsis by Knight et al. (1960), Conti and Szabó (1989); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Balinula Dacque
1960Austriacopsis (Balinula) Knight et al. p. 227
1989Austriacopsis (Balinula) Conti and Szabó p. 32
2002Balinula Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
genusAustriacopsisHaber 1932
subgenusBalinula(Dacque 1933)

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.

Subg. †Austriacopsis (Balinula) Dacque 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:42:04
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:46:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Italy Austriacopsis vaceki (91410)