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Bleytonella

Gastropoda - Pickworthiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Bleytonella Gründel and Kollmann p. 115

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPickworthiidaeIredale 1917
genusBleytonella

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. †Bleytonella Gründel and Kollmann 2012
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Bleytonella brevis Pictet and Campiche 1826
Bleytonella circumlata Gründel and Kollmann 2012
Bleytonella michaillensis Pictet and Campiche 1862
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Gründel and H. A. Kollmann 2012Shell high turriculate with detached final whorl. The protoconch is not known. The sculpture consists of a few strong axial ribs and weaker spiral ribs which are evenly distributed over the whorls. The aperture is circular, the peristome is flange-like expanded in adult specimens.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 155.70000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany B. sp. (211294)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) B. circumlata (177726)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Switzerland Scalaria brevis (2175)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland Scalaria brevis (2172)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France Turbo michaillensis (2178)