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Cantharus ashleyi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Cantharus ashleyi was named by Carson (1925). Its type specimen is LSJU 304; cast, CAS 5051 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near the San Fernando Tunnel, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Pico Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cantharus ashleyi Carson p. 31 figs. Plate 1, Figs. 6 and 7

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCantharusRöding 1798
speciesashleyi

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.

Cantharus ashleyi Carson 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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Cantharus ashleyi (type locality: 204365 204366)