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Patelloidea limnensis

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Patelloidea limnensis was named by Tasch (1961). Its type specimen is W.U. 300, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Jester Creek II, bed 9A, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine lime mudstone in the Wellington Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Patelloidea limnensis Tasch p. 862 figs. Pl 97, figs 4a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
genusPatelloidea
specieslimnensis

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.

†Patelloidea limnensis Tasch 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Patelloidea limnensis (type locality: 216767)