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Retusa galba

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae

Taxonomy
Retusa galba is a species.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Retusa galba Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyRetusidaeThiele 1925
genusRetusaBrown 1827
speciesgalba

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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:33:17
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:33:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) Retusa galba (84474)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Retusa galba (83811 97454)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Retusa galba (83758 83802 83804)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Retusa galba (1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 81209)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Retusa galba (2414 2415)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Retusa galba (1453 2411)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Louisiana) Retusa galba (2409 2410)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Retusa galba (2412 2413)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Retusa galba (2452)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Retusa galba (2416 2417 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2423 2440 2441 2443 2453 2454 5311 5312 5316 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 81266 81278 81282)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Retusa galba (2434 2435 2436 2437 2438 2444 2446 2449 2451)