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Belliscala meta
Taxonomy
Belliscala meta was named by Squires and Saul (2003). Its type specimen is LACMIP 12997 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3635, Chico Creek, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Chico Formation of California.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Belliscala meta Squires and Saul p. 32 figs. 26-32 |
| 2003 | Belliscala meta Squires and Saul p. 30 figs. Figures 26-32 |
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†Belliscala meta Squires and Saul 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003 | A BelUscala with stout shell, whorls subtabulate. Approximately 22 to 25 axial ribs on last whorl. Axial and spiral ribs closely spaced and swollen. Axial ribs on shoulder of whorls usually almost nodular. Ap- proximately seven to eight closely spaced spiral ribs on most of shell, spiral interrib development uncommon. Axial ribs obsolete on base of last whorl. |