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Biplica miniplicata

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae

Taxonomy
Biplica miniplicata was named by Popenoe (1957). Its type specimen is UCLA 27754, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA Loc. 3313, Deer Valley, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Deer Valley Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Biplica miniplicata Popenoe p. 436 figs. pl. 51, figs. 13-15

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

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 miniplicata 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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Biplica miniplicata (185468 185495)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Biplica miniplicata (66683 215320 227276)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) Biplica miniplicata (type locality: 214073)