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Opaliopsis boucheti

Gastropoda - Nystiellidae

Taxonomy
Opaliopsis boucheti was named by Kaim (2004). Its type specimen is ZPAL Ga.9/186, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample G1, Wạwał clay pit, which is in a Valanginian offshore claystone in Poland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. dupinianum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Opaliopsis boucheti Kaim p. 62 fig. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyNystiellidaeClench and Turner 1952
genusOpaliopsis
speciesboucheti

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.

†Opaliopsis boucheti Kaim 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:28
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:28
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Valanginian or 140.20000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) Opaliopsis boucheti (type locality: 64858)