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Liracassis apta

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Galeodea apta was named by Tegland (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-6, Twin Rivers, Strait of Juan de Fuca, which is in an Oligocene marine shale in the Pysht Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Echinophoria apta by Durham (1942), Durham (1944); it was recombined as Liracassis apta by Moore (1963), Moore (1984), Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Galeodea apta Tegland
1942Echinophoria apta Durham p. 185
1944Echinophoria apta Durham p. 166
1963Liracassis apta Moore p. 30
1984Liracassis apta Moore p. 11
2020Liracassis apta Hendy

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
genusLiracassis
speciesapta(Tegland 1931)

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.

†Liracassis apta Tegland 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Echinophoria apta (208165 208166 208167 208168 208170 208171)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Galeodea apta (52357 52362) Liracassis apta (45784 91623 221302 221304)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Galeodea apta (195959 195964)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Galeodea apta (40737)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Alaska) Galeodea apta (166447)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Echinophoria apta (37660)