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Elea

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Eleidae

Taxonomy
Elea was named by d'Orbigny (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala T Dani Sepkoski's reference number: 626,1260]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Eleidae.

It was assigned to Cyclostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eleidae by Bassler (1953), Taylor (2010) and Taylor and Zagorsek (2011).

Species
E. periallos, E. subhexagona
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. rhomboidalis, E. triangularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Elea d'Orbigny
1953Elea Bassler p. G75
2002Elea Sepkoski
2010Elea Taylor p. 684
2011Elea Taylor and Zagorsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCyclostomataBusk 1852
suborderTubuliporinaMilne Edwards 1838
familyEleidaed'Orbigny 1852
genusElead'Orbigny 1853

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.

G. †Elea d'Orbigny 1853
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†Elea periallos Taylor 2010
†Elea subhexagona Taylor 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:05:29
Modified: 2007-09-18 04:05:29
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Campanian or 130.00000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) E. periallos (75576)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France (Champagne-Ardenne) E. triangularis (90507)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) E. sp. (65727)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Pays de la Loire) E. rhomboidalis (90509)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic E. subhexagona (99235)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France E. lamellosa (3786)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France E. lamellosa (3787)