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Zonaria (Zonaria) pittorum

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Zonaria (Zonaria) pittorum was named by Groves (1997) [= Zonaria (Zonaria) n.sp. GROVES, 1997, West. Soc. Malac., Ann. Rept., v. 29, p. 8.]. Its type specimen is LACMIP 12432, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 1399. Roadcut on west side of Camarones, which is in a Pliocene deep-water shale in the Onzole Formation of Ecuador.

It was recombined as Zonaria pittorum by Landau and Groves (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Zonaria (Zonaria) pittorum Groves pp. 153 - 154 figs. Plate 1, figures 7, 8
2011Zonaria pittorum Landau and Groves p. 32

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZonariinaeSchilder 1932
genusZonariaJousseaume 1884
subgenusZonariaJousseaume 1884
speciespittorum

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Zonaria pittorum (type locality: 41762)