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Patelloida gradatus

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

Taxonomy
Patelloida gradatus was named by Lindberg and Marincovich (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 414578, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Cenozoic M8028, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Bear Lake Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Patelloida gradatus Lindberg and Marincovich p. 168 fig. 2a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyLottiidaeGray 1840
genusPatelloidaQuoy 1834
speciesgradatus

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.

Patelloida gradatus Lindberg and Marincovich 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-08-15 13:52:10
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:54:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Patelloida gradatus (type locality: 211579)