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Fissurella bipunctata

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Fissurella bipunctata was named by Stanton (1895). Its type specimen is USNM 23065 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. costata, F. glarea, F. macrotrema, F. mediavia, F. migeriensis, F. mississippiensis, F. arguta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Fissurella bipunctata Stanton pp. 63 - 64 figs. PL XIII, fig. 8
1938Fissurella bipunctata Anderson p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyFissurellinaeFleming 1822
genusFissurellaBruguière 1789
speciesbipunctata

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.

†Fissurella bipunctata Stanton 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:42:04
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:46:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available