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Scaphella costaricana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Scaphella costaricana was named by Olsson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Cocles [Uscari Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Uscari Formation of Costa Rica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. saintjeani, S. ocalana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Scaphella costaricana Olsson p. 100 figs. pl. 15, figs. 13

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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
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
genusScaphellaSwainson 1832
speciescostaricana

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.

†Scaphella costaricana Olsson 1922
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica Scaphella costaricana (type locality: 134681)