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Alaba chipolana

Gastropoda - Litiopidae

Taxonomy
Alaba chipolana was named by Dall (1892). Its type specimen is USNM 113384, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Alaba chipolana Dall p. 292 figs. pl. 21, fig. 9
1972Alaba chipolana Hoerle p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyLitiopidae(Gray 1847)
genusAlabaAdams and A 1853
specieschipolanaDall 1892

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.

Alaba chipolana Dall 1892
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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 07:12:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:12:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Alaba chipolana (41760 42290 42328 42443 89574 89575 89576 92457 92458 92459 92461 92503 92505 92548 92550 92551 92556)