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Auricula ovata

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Taxonomy
Auricula ovata was named by Lamarck (1804). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. actaeoniformis, A. auris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Auricula ovata Lamarck p. 435 figs. Pl 19, fig 8
1824Auricula ovata Deshayes p. 68 figs. Pl 6, figs 12,13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyRingiculidaePhilippi 1853
genusAuriculaDeshayes 1838
speciesovata

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.

†Auricula ovata Lamarck 1804
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:06:11
Modified: 2009-05-20 11:06:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Auricula ovata (type locality: 184110 184815 184822)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Auricula ovata (184826 184834)