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Roxania chipolana

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia

Taxonomy
Bullina (Abderospira) chipolana was named by Dall (1895). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Micromelo (Abderospira) chipolana by Dall (1903); it was recombined as Bullina chipolana by Brown and Pilsbry (1911); it was recombined as Abderospira chipolana by Gardner (1937); it was recombined as Roxania chipolana by Woodring (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. coronata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Bullina (Abderospira) chipolana Dall p. 32
1903Micromelo (Abderospira) chipolana Dall p. 1632
1911Bullina chipolana Brown and Pilsbry p. 339
1937Abderospira chipolana Gardner p. 274
1970Roxania chipolana Woodring p. 419

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyHaminoeoideaPilsbry 1895
genusRoxaniaLeach In Gray 1847
specieschipolana(Dall 1895)

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.

†Roxania chipolana Dall 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:26:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:26:46
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Abderospira chipolana (41760)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Roxania chipolana (93060 93145 93160 93167 93172 93174 93222)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Roxania chipolana (145210 145344)