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Protatlanta lissa

Gastropoda - Atlantidae

Taxonomy
Atlanta (Atlantidea) lissa was named by Woodring (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 369336, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Protatlanta lissa by Janssen (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Atlanta (Atlantidea) lissa Woodring p. 134 figs. Pl. 2, figs 26-27
1998Protatlanta lissa Janssen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyPterotracheoideaRafinesque 1814
familyAtlantidaeWiegmann and Ruthe 1832
genusProtatlantaTesch 1908
specieslissa()

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.

†Protatlanta lissa Woodring 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:48:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:48:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Protatlanta lissa (93061) Protatlata lissa (93222)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Protatlanta lissa (34539)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Atlanta lissa (58522)