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Ringicula mississippiensis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Taxonomy
Ringicula mississippiensis was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ringicula mississippiensis Conrad p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyRingiculidaePhilippi 1853
genusRingiculaDeshayes 1838
speciesmississippiensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:06:11
Modified: 2009-05-20 11:06:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Ringicula mississippiensis (5500 5612 5867 5943 6005 66307 66308 66309 66310 66311 66312 66313 66314 66315 66316 66317 66318 66319 66320 66322 66323 66324 66325 66327 66328 66330 66332 66333 66334 66336 74077 74078 74079 74080 74081 74082 74083 type locality: 84137 179336 179346)