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Pliciscala
Taxonomy
Pliciscala was named as a genus. It is extant.
It was reranked as Opalia (Pliciscala) by Glibert (1962), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Kosnik (2002).
It was assigned to Epitoniidae by Harris and Palmer (1947) and Beu et al. (1990); to Opalia by Glibert (1962), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Kosnik (2002); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Opalia (Pliciscala) by Glibert (1962), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Kosnik (2002).
It was assigned to Epitoniidae by Harris and Palmer (1947) and Beu et al. (1990); to Opalia by Glibert (1962), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Kosnik (2002); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Pliciscala Harris and Palmer p. 243 |
| 1962 | Opalia (Pliciscala) Glibert p. 235 |
| 1990 | Pliciscala Beu et al. p. 411 |
| 1995 | Opalia (Pliciscala) Pacaud and Le Renard |
| 2002 | Opalia (Pliciscala) Kosnik |
| 2002 | Pliciscala Sepkoski |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Beu et al. 1990 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 47.80000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | P. sp. (8124) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | P. sp. (205501) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | P. byramensis (66312 66314 66328 179336) P. caseyi (5501) P. caseyi, P. byramensis (6005) | |
| Rupelian | Germany | P. pusilla (95898) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (Auckland) | P. n. sp. (84915) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | P. dasystoma (58522) |