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Austrorissopsis fricta

Gastropoda - Aclididae

Taxonomy
Rissopsis fricta was named by Finlay (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Castlecliff, Tainui Shell Bed, which is in a Castlecliffian coastal siltstone in the Tainui Shell Bed Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Eusetia fricta by Cotton (1944), Gage (1957); it was recombined as Austrorissopsis fricta by Beu et al. (1990).

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2016-04-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Rissopsis fricta Finlay
1944Eusetia fricta Cotton
1957Eusetia fricta Gage
1990Austrorissopsis fricta Beu et al. p. 411

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyAclididaeSars 1878
genusAustrorissopsis(Ponder 1965)
speciesfricta(Finlay 1930)

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.

Austrorissopsis fricta Finlay 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:01:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:01:26
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Altonian to the top of the Castlecliffian or 18.70000 to 0.34000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Eusetia fricta (67897)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Rissopsis fricta (89043)