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Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [TYPE LOCALITY: IPS loc. 453, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula]. Its type specimen is USNM 441788 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is La Meseta Fm Telm 5, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian coastal sandstone/sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. arabica, A. scopi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 145 figs. pl. 21, figs. a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusAlcithoeAdams and Adams 1853
subgenusAlcithoeAdams and Adams 1853
speciesamundseni

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.

†Alcithoe (Alcithoe) amundseni Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) Alcithoe amundseni (type locality: 63551)