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Retipirula calidula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Retipirula calidula was named by Saul and Squires (2008). Its type specimen is LACMIP 13218 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 1591, Warm Springs Mountain, which is in a Maastrichtian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the San Francisquito Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Retipirula calidula Saul and Squires p. 234 figs. Figure 11.9, 11.10

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutoderminaePilsbry and Olsson 1941
genusRetipirula
speciescalidula

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.

†Retipirula calidula Saul and Squires 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008Relatively high-spired Retipirula with cords on siphonal area only slightly smaller than those of whorl face.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Retipirula calidula (type locality: 224524)