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Sassia leucostomoides

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Triton leucostomoides was named by Sowerby (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sassia leucostomoides by Nielson and Valdovinos (2008) and Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Triton leucostomoides Sowerby p. 240 figs. pl. 4, fig. 64
2008Sassia leucostomoides Nielson and Valdovinos p. 209
2010Sassia leucostomoides Beu p. 207

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusSassia(Bellardi 1872)
speciesleucostomoides(Sowerby 1846)

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.

Sassia leucostomoides Sowerby 1846
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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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Chile Sassia leucostomoides (79201 79202 79204 79205 79206 79207 79208 79209 79210 79211 79212 79213)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Chile Sassia leucostomoides (89241)