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Patella nelsonensis

Gastropoda - Patellidae

Taxonomy
Patella nelsonensis was named by Trechmann (1917). It is not extant. Its type locality is Eighty-Eight Valley, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. burdigalensis, P. conspicua, P. lugubris, P. miyakoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Patella nelsonensis Trechmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
superfamilyPatelloidea()
familyPatellidae
subfamilyPatellinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPatella
speciesnelsonensis

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.

†Patella nelsonensis Trechmann 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marine, brackishf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-19 03:50:52
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:57:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Carnian or 242.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0New Zealand Patella nelsonensis (type locality: 201925)