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Niveotectura myrakeenae

Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae

Taxonomy
Niveotectura myrakeenae was named by Lindberg and Marincovich (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 414579, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Cenozoic M7540, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in the Yakataga Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Niveotectura myrakeenae Lindberg and Marincovich p. 171 fig. 2e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyAcmaeidae()
subfamilyPatelloidinaeChapman and Gabriel 1923
genusNiveotecturaHabe 1944
speciesmyrakeenae

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.

†Niveotectura myrakeenae Lindberg and Marincovich 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-08-15 13:50:17
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:45:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58USA (Alaska) Niveotectura myrakeenae (type locality: 211581)