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Diodora stillwaterensis

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Fissuridea stillwaterensis was named by Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 319, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Diodora stillwaterensis by Squires and Deméré (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Fissuridea stillwaterensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer p. 27 figs. Plate XI, Figures 3, 6
1991Diodora stillwaterensis Squires and Deméré

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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
subfamilyFissurellinaeFleming 1822
tribeDiodorini(Odhner 1932)
genusDiodoraGray 1821
speciesstillwaterensis()

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.

Diodora stillwaterensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:41:08
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:45:53
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Diodora stillwaterensis (16712)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Fissuridea stillwaterensis (type locality: 200105 201132)