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Ottoina kinkelini

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Scalaria kinkelini was named by Meyer (1887) [Scalaria Kinkelini]. Its type specimen is Johns Hopkins, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ottoina kinkelini by Harris and Palmer (1947) and Dockery (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Scalaria kinkelini Meyer p. 5 figs. pl. 1, fig. 14
1947Ottoina kinkelini Harris and Palmer p. 267 figs. Plate 30, fig. 9
1977Ottoina kinkelini Dockery p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusOttoina
specieskinkelini(Meyer 1887)

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.

†Ottoina kinkelini Meyer 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:55:20
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:55:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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