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Luria (Tessellata) chattica

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Luria (Tessellata) chattica was named by Dolin and Lozouet (2004). Its type specimen is MNHN-IM-2000-3693, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bezoye "Ruisseau", St-Paul-les-Dax, which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Marnes de Saint-Etienne-d’Orthe Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Luria (Tessellata) chattica Dolin and Lozouet pp. 21 - 22 figs. PI. 10 f. 1a-e

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLuriinaeSchilder 1832
genusLuria(Jousseaume 1884)
subgenusTessellata
specieschattica

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.

Luria (Tessellata) chattica Dolin and Lozouet 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Dolin and P. Lozouet 2004La coquille, mince, de taille petite a moyenne, est de forme subcylindracee, mais a galbe en amande. La spire est saillante. Le canal siphonal est profond, bien de!imite ; il forme un pontet court, calleux, legerement margine lateralement et rehausse par rapport a la sole ventrale aplanie. rouverture, assez etroite, est faiblement arquee. Le pli terminal, courbe, est horizontal, formam un T avec la lame interne verticale, terminee en spatule. La fossula, en forme de cuilleron, lisse ainsi que l'aire columellaire, parte a son bord epaissi 8 denticules en gouttes d' eau. La levre interne parte 26 denticules reguliers, limites par I' angulation. Le canal exhalant, quoique bien delimite, est peu profond, I' extension des Ievres interne et externe, obsolete, formant un mufle court. La Ievre externe, flexueuse, declive en son tiers anterieur, pone 33(+2) denticules courts, limites au bord adapertural.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Luria chattica (type locality: 177708)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Landes) Luria chattica (152689)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Aquitaine) Luria chattica (88795)