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Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) schencki

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Laevityphis (Laevityphis) schencki was named by Keen and Campbell (1964) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Stanford types (SUPTC) now at CAS?]. Its type specimen is SUPTC 9723, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is U.C. Loc. S-8012 [Los Perdices Shale], which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Los Perdices Shale Formation of Colombia.

It was recombined as Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) schencki by Gertman (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. linguifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Laevityphis (Laevityphis) schencki Keen and Campbell p. 53 figs. pl. 9, figs. 16, 20
1969Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) schencki Gertman p. 174

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSiphonochelusJousseaume 1880
subgenusLaevityphis(Cossmann 1903)
speciesschencki(Keen and Campbell 1964)

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.

†Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) schencki Keen and Campbell 1964
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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Siphonochelus schencki (type locality: 92694)