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Haliotis palaea

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae

Taxonomy
Haliotis palaea was named by Woodring (1931). Its type specimen is CIT 1205 and is a mold. Its type locality is CIT loc. 52, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Modelo Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Haliotis palaea Woodring pp. 38 - 39 figs. Plate 6, figures 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyHaliotoideaRafinesque 1815
familyHaliotidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHaliotisLinnaeus 1758
speciespalaea

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.

Haliotis palaea Woodring 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-10-09 08:47:07
Modified: 2007-10-09 10:47:07
Source: g = genus, supero = superorder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Haliotis palaea (type locality: 223860)