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Bivetopsia plectilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) plectilis was named by Jung and Petit (1990). Its type specimen is NMB H 17317, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 1354 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Zanclean shallow subtidal siliciclastic in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Bivetopsia plectilis by Landau et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. pachria, Cancellaria dertonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) plectilis Jung and Petit
2012Bivetopsia plectilis Landau et al. p. 322

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusBivetopsiaJousseaume 1887
speciesplectilis()

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.

†Bivetopsia plectilis Jung and Petit 1990
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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 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cancellaria plectilis (89561)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cancellaria plectilis (74968)