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Littorina alta
Taxonomy
Littorina alta was named by Giebel (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lieskau Quarry, Halle, which is in a Triassic shallow subtidal limestone in Germany.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. aedilis, L. affinis, L. angullifera, L. brevicula, L. capensis, L. cingulifera, L. conica, L. elongata, L. eofasciata, L. gigantea, L. irrorata, L. knysnaensis, L. littoralis, L. littorea, L. mandchnrica, L. mountsoloensis, L. muricata, L. nebulosa, L. obsoleta, L. obtusata, L. palliata, L. paucisulcnta, L. pintado, L. piramidesia, L. pulcherrima, L. punctata, L. remondi, L. saxatilis, L. saxatilis, L. sitchana, L. sitkana, L. strenua, L. striata, L. sulcata, L. sulcosa, L. ziczac, L. microscopica, L. brevicula, L. bernayi, L. obtusangula, L. suboperta, L. eofasciata, L. eofasciata, L. eofasciata, L. incrtus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1856 | Littorina alta Giebel |
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†Littorina alta Giebel 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Middle Triassic or 246.70000 to 237.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Triassic | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Littorina alta (type locality: 201970) |