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Fissurellidea bimaculata

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Fissurellidaea bimaculata was named by Dall (1871). It is extant.

It was recombined as Clypidella bimaculata by Cooper (1888); it was recombined as Megatebennus bimaculatus by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Megatebennus bimaculata by DeLong (1941); it was recombined as Fissurellidea bimaculata by Kennedy (1992), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Fissurellidaea bimaculata Dall p. 132
1888Clypidella bimaculata Cooper
1925Megatebennus bimaculatus Oldroyd p. 21
1941Megatebennus bimaculata DeLong p. 241
1992Fissurellidea bimaculata Kennedy pp. table 1
2021Fissurellidea bimaculata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyEmarginulinae(Gray 1834)
tribeFissurellideini(Pilsbry 1890)
genusFissurellideaOrbigny 1841
speciesbimaculata(Dall 1871)

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: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:42:04
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:46:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Fissurellidea bimaculata (214271)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Megatebennus bimaculatus (202496)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Megatebennus bimaculata (96590 96594)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Megatebennus bimaculatus (201624)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Megatebennus bimaculatus (37939 37940)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Clypidella bimaculata (222663 222664) Megatebennus bimaculatus (138723)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Clypidella bimaculata (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clypidella bimaculata (222660 222661) Megatebennus bimaculata (96895) Megatebennus bimaculatus (37673 96566 160361 202936 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Megatebennus bimaculata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Megatebennus bimaculata (52347)