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Litiopidae
Taxonomy
Litiopinae was named by Gray (1847) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7645]. It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Litiopidae by Harris and Palmer (1947), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Prosobranchiata by Harris and Palmer (1947); and to Cerithioidea by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the family Litiopidae by Harris and Palmer (1947), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Prosobranchiata by Harris and Palmer (1947); and to Cerithioidea by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Litiopidae Harris and Palmer p. 300 |
| 1995 | Litiopidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155 |
| 1998 | Litiopidae Beesley p. 714 |
| 2001 | Litiopidae Todd |
| 2005 | Litiopidae Bouchet et al. p. 248 |
| 2017 | Litiopidae Bouchet et al. p. 342 |
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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.
Fm. Litiopidae Gray 1847
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G. Alaba Adams and A. 1853
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Alaba catalinensis Bartsch 1920
†Alaba chipolana Dall 1892
†Alaba turrita Guppy 1896
G. †Dalliella Cossmann 1895
G. Litiopa Rang 1829
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†Litiopa klipsteini Cossmann 1882
Litiopa melanostoma Rang 1829
†Litiopa papillosa Wood 1842
G. Styliferina Adams 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma
Collections (98 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Litiopa sp. (5570 5571 5572 5573 5574 5575 5577 5578 5590 5594) | |
| Danian | Greenland | Alaba sp. (22943) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Virginia) | Litiopa marylandica (91859) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Texas) | Litiopa texana (7788 7789 84325 84337) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Litiopa sulculosa (3261) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Litiopa texana (205521 205533) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Alaba sp. (99736) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Alaba plicatovaricosa, Alaba varicifer (90600) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Litiopa sp. (205271 205433 205480 205484 205485) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Essonne) | Alaba dubia (9072 9073 9075 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9130 9131 9132 9133 9135 9169 9171 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | Alaba blakneyensis (179336) Alaba macneili (6005) | |
| Aquitanian | France | Dalliella brusinai, Styliferina disjuncta (74861) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Ipunina vladimiri (41832 132319) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | Alaba costellata (178108) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Alaba chipolana (41760 42290 42328 42443 89574 89575 89576 92457 92458 92459 92461 92503 92505 92548 92550 92551 92556) Alaba dodona, Litiopa palaeosargassina (42482) Litiopa palaeosargassina (42605 42684) | |
| Burdigalian | France | Dalliella brusinai (70191) | |
| Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | Alaba elata (38823) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Darien) | Alaba sp. (136007) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | Alaba incerta (41552) Alaba insculpta (41541) | |
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | Litiopa papillosa (84755) | |
| Pliocene | Costa Rica | Alaba turrita (134656) | |
| Pliocene | Ecuador | Alaba supralirata (96596) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Alaba incerta (131210 131218 131363) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Alaba turrita (58522 69090 69094) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Alaba pagodula (63352 63353) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | Alaba incerta (41556) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama | Alaba tervaricosa (80304) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Alaba supralirata (96867) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Alaba jeannettae, Alaba catalinensis (96566) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Alaba bowenensis (63351) | |
| Holocene | Mayotte | Styliferina goniochila (209860) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Litiopa melanostoma (41935 92776) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela | Alaba incerta (131223) |