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Bittiscala

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Bittiscala was named by Finlay and Marwick (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn T Dani].

It was assigned to Potamididae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Bittiscala Finlay and Marwick
1990Bittiscala Beu et al. p. 406
2002Bittiscala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusBittiscalaFinlay and Marwick 1937

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. †Bittiscala Finlay and Marwick 1937
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Bittiscala communis Finlay and Marwick 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Piripauan to the top of the Thanetian or 86.10000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand B. inaequicostata (83537)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) B. sp. (1513 1516 1547)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand B. inaequicostata (78380)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) B. sp. (1533)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) B. sp. (185509)
Teurian66.0 - 56.0New Zealand (South Island) B. simplex (127466)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand B. simplex (64698)