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Sassia indica

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Tritonium (Sassia) indicum was named by Vredenburg (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Pakistan.]. Its type specimen is Unknown number, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sassia indica by Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Eutritonium permutabile, S. monilifera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Tritonium (Sassia) indicum Vredenburg pp. 232-233 figs. pl. 9, figs. 12-14
2009Sassia indica Harzhauser et al. p. 360

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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)
speciesindica()

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 indica Vredenburg 1925
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Tritonium indicum (77159)