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Bullamirifica ainiktos

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Pseudoglauconia ainiktos was named by Dailey and Popenoe (1966) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; California-Mexico.]. Its type specimen is UCLA 40435, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4125, Jalama Creek, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone/conglomerate in the Jalama Formation of California.

It was recombined as Bullamirifica ainiktos by Squires and Saul (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pseudoglauconia ainiktos Dailey and Popenoe pp. 21-22 figs. pl. 6, figs. 3, 5, 6
1993Pseudoglauconia ainiktos Elder and Saul figs. pl. 2, fig. 10
2005Bullamirifica ainiktos Squires and Saul p. 141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
genusBullamirifica
speciesainiktos()

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.

Bullamirifica ainiktos Dailey and Popenoe 1966
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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 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Pseudoglauconia ainiktos (1519 1526 1528 1529 1530 1531 1534 1537 1538 1551 1552)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Bullamirifica ainiktos (69314)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (California) Pseudoglauconia ainiktos (1542)