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Diptyxis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae

Taxonomy
Diptyxis was named by Oppenheim (1889).

It was assigned to Nerineidae by Kollmann and Peza (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data
D. mirditae, D. munellae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Diptyxis Oppenheim
1997Diptyxis Kollmann and Peza p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyNerineoideaZittel 1873
familyNerineidaeZittel 1873
genusDiptyxisOppenheim 1889

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.

G. †Diptyxis Oppenheim 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Aptian or 152.10000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Austria D. sp. (89461)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Albania D. luttickei, D. munellae, D. mirditae (67437) D. munellae, D. mirditae (40804)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain D. luttickei (64795)