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Gisortia clarki

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Gisortia clarki was named by Ingram (1940). Its type specimen is UCMP 14844, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Megalocypraea clarki by Woodring (1982); it was recombined as Gisortia (Megalocypraea) clarki by Groves (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Gisortia clarki Ingram p. 376 figs. fig. 1
1982Megalocypraea clarki Woodring p. 725
1987Gisortia clarki Squires p. 35 figs. 39-41
1992Gisortia (Megalocypraea) clarki Groves p. 101
2023Gisortia clarki Groves and Squires p. 19 figs. Figures 6H-J

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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
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
genusGisortiaJousseaume 1884
speciesclarkiIngram 1940

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.

Gisortia clarki Ingram 1940
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Gisortia clarki (11117)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Gisortia clarki (178690 178718 178719)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Megalocypraea clarki (92977)