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Amalda (Alocospira)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Amalda (Alocospira) Lozouet

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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
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyAncillariidae(Swainson 1840)
genusAmaldaAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusAlocospira

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.

Subg. †Amalda (Alocospira) Lozouet 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 27.30000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) Amalda abessensis (88795)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand Amalda hebera (77488)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand Amalda hebera (77489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333New Zealand Baryspira subhebera (45030)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Baryspira sp. (45027)