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Orthaulax gabbi

Gastropoda - Thersiteidae

Taxonomy
Orthaulax gabbi was named by Dall (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 112218, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. japnicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Orthaulax gabbi Dall p. 170 figs. pl. 12, fig. 5
1947Orthaulax gabbi Gardner pp. 560-561
2008Orthaulax gabbi Hendy et al. p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyThersiteidaeSavornin 1914
genusOrthaulaxGabb 1872
speciesgabbiDall 1890

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.

†Orthaulax gabbi Dall 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:58:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:58:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Orthaulax gabbi (42627 42628 49489)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Orthaulax gabbi (41760 42250 42290 42328 42367 42442 42443 42449 68971 89576 92379 92457 92458 92459 92460 92461)