Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Lucapina constantiae

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Diodora constantiae was named by Kanakoff (1953). Its type specimen is LACMIP 1089, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lucapina constantiae by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. crenulata, L. lipara, L. suffusus, L. talanteia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Diodora constantiae Kanakoff pp. 67 - 70 figs. Plate 12, figures A, B, C
2021Lucapina constantiae Hendy

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
genusLucapinaSowerby 1835
speciesconstantiae()

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.

†Lucapina constantiae Kanakoff 1953
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. P. Kanakoff 1953Shell small, depressedly-conical with laterally slightly concave slopes; base flat, ovate, slightly narrower at the an­ terior end; apex somewhat anteriorly situated, with orifice subovate, sloping forward at 18 degrees with the base, and characterized by a sharply hooked knob at the highest point of the posterior wall; sculpture consists of 25 major radiating ribs descending from the hooked knob, and 25 lesser alternat­ing riblets, which vanish before reaching the apex, and 7 1/2 con­centric thinner laminae crossing over the ribs, giving a fine, sharp, lattice-like appearance; the margin regularly crenulated with alternating stronger and lesser notches; interior callus of
the orifice ovate, and truncate and slightly excavated pos­teriorly; muscle scar faint.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: browserg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:51:38
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:51:14
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Diodora constantiae (160361 218918 219029 219030)