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Orthaulax aguadillensis

Gastropoda - Thersiteidae

Taxonomy
Orthaulax aguadillensis was named by Maury (1920). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Orthaulax aguadillensis Maury p. 58 figs. pl. 9, fig. 4
1968Orthaulax aguadillensis Vokes and Vokes p. 76

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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
speciesaguadillensisMaury 1920

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.40000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Dominican Republic Orthaulax aguadillensis (92451)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Haiti Orthaulax aguadillensis (61195)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Orthaulax aguadillensis (42607 145561)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Orthaulax aguadillensis (92455)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Orthaulax aguadillensis (92450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Puerto Rico Orthaulax aguadillensis (92453)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Orthaulax aguadillensis (42620)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Haiti Orthaulax aguadillensis (92454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico Orthaulax aguadillensis (92452)