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Lispodesthes rotundatus

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Pugnellus rotundus was named by Waring (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chico area south of the Santa Monica Mountains (Locality 3 of Waring 1917), which is in a Cretaceous marine sandstone/shale in the Tuna Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Conchothyra rotunda by Hoots (1931); it was recombined as Lispodesthes rotundus by Saul (1991); it was recombined as Lispodesthes rotundatus by Elder and Saul (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. amplus, L. lirata, L. panda, L. patula, L. lilipus
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-05-17; modified by J. Marcot on 2018-04-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Pugnellus rotundus Waring p. 67 figs. Pl. 9, Fig. 10
1931Conchothyra rotunda Hoots p. 91
1991Lispodesthes rotundus Saul p. 97
1993Lispodesthes rotundatus Elder and Saul figs. Pl 2, fig 22

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyPugnellinae(Kiel and Bandel 1999)
genusLispodesthesWhite 1877
speciesrotundatus()

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.

†Lispodesthes rotundatus Waring 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 113.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (California) Pugnellus rotundus (44267)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) Conchothyra rotunda (237460) Pugnellus rotundus (193034)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Lispodesthes rotundus (1513 1515 1516 1526 1534 1540 1552 72057)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Lispodesthes rotundatus (144778) Lispodesthes rotundus (144763 144764)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) Lispodesthes rotundus (1533)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) Lispodesthes rotundus (40731)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Lispodesthes rotundus (1545)