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Elimia sacramentensis

Gastropoda - Pleuroceridae

Taxonomy
Elimia sacramentensis was named by Clark and Anderson (1938). Its type specimen is UCMP 11073 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A1889, Wheatland, which is in a Priabonian coastal conglomerate/sandstone in the Wheatland Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. floridensis, E. sylvaerupsis
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2021-05-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Elimia sacramentensis Clark and Anderson pp. 949 - 950 figs. Plate 3, figures 3 and 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPleuroceridaeThiele 1929
genusElimiaAdams and Adams 1858
speciessacramentensis

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.

†Elimia sacramentensis Clark and Anderson 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available