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Orbitestella palaiopacifica

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae

Taxonomy
Orbitestella palaiopacifica was named by Squires and Goedert (1996). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11365, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1563, Larch Mountain area, Black Hills, which is in a Ypresian sand shoal mudstone in the Crescent Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. praehinemoa, O. praetoreuma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Orbitestella palaiopacifica Squires and Goedert p. 233 figs. Figs. 22-26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyValvatoideaGray 1840
familyOrbitestellidaeIredale 1917
genusOrbitestellaIredale 1906
speciespalaiopacifica

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.

†Orbitestella palaiopacifica Squires and Goedert 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Orbitestella palaiopacifica (type locality: 176361)