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Confusiscala sulfurea

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Confusiscala sulfurea was named by Saul and Popenoe (1993). Its type specimen is CASG 66549.01 (=CASG cat. no. 7010) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CASG loc. 66549, Hagerdorn Ranch, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone in the Hornbrook Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. contorta, C. dupiniana, C. durhami, C. novemvaricosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Confusiscala sulfurea Saul and Popenoe p. 358 figs. Figures 19-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusConfusiscalade Boury 1909
speciessulfurea

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.

†Confusiscala sulfurea Saul and Popenoe 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1993A medium-sized Confusiscala with axial ribs that extend from suture to basal cord and increase gradually in number, 12 on the fifth whorl and 19 on the 12th whorl; basal cord variably exposed on spire.