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Bralitzia

Gastropoda - Iravadiidae

Taxonomy

Bralitzia was named by Gründel (1998).

It was assigned to Rissoidae by Kaim (2004); and to Iravadiidae by Gründel (1998) and Schulbert and Nützel (2013).

Species

B. acuminata, B. faustiankensis, B. obtusa (syn. B. foersteri), B. striatissima, B. wonwalensis

Synonyms

Palaeoceratia was named by Gründel (1999).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bralitzia by Kaim (2004).

It was assigned to Iravadiidae by Gründel (1999).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1998	Bralitzia Gründel p. 8 figs. pl. 3, figs. 5-10
1999	Palaeoceratia Gründel p. 107 figs. pl. 3, fig. 17
2004	Bralitzia Kaim p. 80
2013	Bralitzia Schulbert and Nützel p. 748

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Truncatelloidea	Gray 1840
family	Iravadiidae	Thiele 1928
genus	Bralitzia

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. †Bralitzia Gründel 1998

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†Bralitzia acuminata Gründel 1999

†Bralitzia faustiankensis Kaim 2004

†Bralitzia obtusa Lycett 1850

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Invalid names: Bralitzia foersteri Gründel 1998 [synonym]

†Bralitzia striatissima Gründel 1998

†Bralitzia wonwalensis Gründel 1999

Invalid names: Palaeoceratia Gründel 1999 [synonym]

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: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Valanginian or 167.70000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (45 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Germany	Palaeoceratia striatissima (58411)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Poland	B. sp. (141288) B. sp., B. faustiankensis (141289)
Middle Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Poland	B. faustiankensis (63058) B. sp. (141266 141267 141269 141270 141271 141272 141273 141274 141275 141276 141277 141278 141279 141293 141294 141295 141296 141297 141299 141300 141302 141303)
Callovian	166.1 - 163.5	Germany	B. foersteri (57920 58307 58308 58399) Palaeorissoina acuminata (58203 58218) Palaeorissoina acuminata, B. foersteri (58220)
Early/Lower Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Germany	B. sp. (58395)
Late/Upper Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	Poland	B. acuminata, B. obtusa, B. striatissima (63064)
Early/Lower Valanginian	140.2 - 136.4	Poland (Lodzkie)	Palaeorissoina wonwalensis (64857)
Late/Upper Valanginian	140.2 - 136.4	Poland (Lodzkie)	Palaeorissoina wonwalensis (64834 64837 64838 64841 64842 64843 64845) Palaeorissoina wonwalensis, B. wonwalensis (64839 64840)