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Opalia spongiosa
Taxonomy
Opalia spongiosa was named by Carpenter (1866). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Opalia retiporosa Carpenter p. 146 |
| 1866 | Opalia spongiosa Carpenter pp. 613, 660 |
| 1916 | Epitonium (Opalia) retiporosa Moody p. 51 figs. Plate 1, Figure 3 |
| 1937 | Opalia (Nodiscala) retiporosa Durham p. 504 figs. Plate 57, figure 19 |
| 1937 | Epitonium (Opalia) retiporosum Willett p. 401 |
| 1979 | Opalia spongiosa DuShane p. 126 figs. Figures 62, 63 |
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Opalia spongiosa Carpenter 1866
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Invalid names: Opalia retiporosa Carpenter 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Epidonium retiporosa (186031) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Epitonium retiporosum (59063) |