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Megasurcula wynoocheensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Turris wynootcheensis was named by Weaver (1912). Its type specimen is CAS 533 (lectotype), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudotoma wynoocheensis by Etherington (1931); it was recombined as Megasurcula wynoocheensis by Moore (1963), Addicott (1970) and Moore (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. carpenteriana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Turris wynootcheensis Weaver pp. 70-71 figs. pl. 9, figs. 87-89, 94
1916Turris wynootcheensis Weaver p. 52
1931Pseudotoma wynoocheensis Etherington p. 110 figs. Plate 14, figures 25 29
1963Megasurcula wynoocheensis Moore p. 49 figs. Plate 9, figures 9, 10; plate 10, figures 3, 5, 8, 14
1970Megasurcula wynoocheensis Addicott p. 133 figs. Plate 19, figures 1, 2, 14
1984Megasurcula wynoocheensis Moore p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusMegasurculaConrad 1865
specieswynoocheensis()

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.

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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 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 28.10000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Megasurcula wynoocheensis (37584 91623)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Washington) Megasurcula wynoocheensis (37560)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Megasurcula wynoocheensis (194805)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Megasurcula wynoocheensis (39805)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Megasurcula wynoocheensis (39600 39799)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Megasurcula wynoocheensis (194803 194895)