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Lucapina

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Lucapina was named by Sowerby (1835) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Fissurella (Lucapina) by Cossmann and Peyrot (1917).

It was assigned to Fissurella by Cossmann and Peyrot (1917); to Fissurellinae by Knight et al. (1960); to Fissurellidae by Todd (2001); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
  • Foraminella was named by Sowerby (1835) [Not homonym Foraminella Levinson 1909, a bryozoan, now replaced with Opaeophora]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Lucapina by Dall (1915).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Foraminella Sowerby
1835Lucapina Sowerby
1917Fissurella (Lucapina) Cossmann and Peyrot
1960Lucapina Knight et al. p. 231
2001Lucapina Todd
2002Lucapina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
genusLucapinaSowerby 1835

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. Lucapina Sowerby 1835
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Lucapina constantiae Kanakoff 1953
Lucapina sowerbii Sowerby 1835
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Invalid names: Fissuridea cancellata Sowerby 1835 [synonym]
Lucapina suffusa Reeve 1850
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Invalid names: Lucapina textaranea Olsson and Harbison 1953 [synonym]
Invalid names: Foraminella Sowerby 1835 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: browserg
Vision: limitedc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Grazer on rock, rubble, or coral substrates and browsing carnivore according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-10 08:51:38
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:51:14
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. sp. (75043)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica L. lipara (58522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) L. talanteia (79336) L. talanteia, L. textaranea (79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Fissuridea cancellata (60880)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) L. textaranea (61310) L. textaranea, L. suffusa, L. sowerbii (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Diodora constantiae (160361 218918 219029 219030) L. crenulata (222661)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) L. suffusa (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands L. suffusa (80835 80837)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia L. suffusus (97680)