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Biplica isoplicata

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Taxonomy
Biplica isoplicata was named by Popenoe (1957). Its type specimen is UCLA 27742, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3287, Salt Creek, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone in the Redding Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. antichthona, B. siberica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Biplica isoplicata Popenoe p. 434 figs. pl. 50, figs. 12-17
1960Biplica isoplicata Murphy and Rodda p. 846 figs. PI. 101, figs. 14,15,16,17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyRingiculidaePhilippi 1853
genusBiplicaPopenoe 1957
speciesisoplicata

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.

†Biplica isoplicata Popenoe 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:36:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:36:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (1784)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (185726)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1794 1795 1797 1798 1800 1801 1803 1804 1806 1810)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (62347 86785 185415 214143 215285 215310 215618 type locality: 215755 219080 220298 220340 222076 222082 222085 222092 222093 222094 222097 222100 222102 222105 222106 222107 222108 222113 227284 227285)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (185412)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (220373)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (222110 222111) Oligoptycha obliqua (220931)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (86782)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) Biplica isoplicata (185448 185736)