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Dichostasia kampara

Gastropoda - Liotiidae

Taxonomy
Dichostasia kampara was named by Batten (1979). Its type specimen is AMNH 40862 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Dichostasia kampara Batten p. 11 figs. 13a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyLiotiidaeGray 1850
subfamilyDichostasiinaeYochelson 1956
genusDichostasia
specieskampara

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.

Dichostasia kampara Batten 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height42.262.002.602.250.275
shell diameter43.603.204.303.500.472

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:46
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Malaysia (Perak) Dichostasia kampara (type locality: 62131)