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Ophiodermella inermis (gray snakeskin-snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma inermis was named by Reeve (1843). It is extant.

It was recombined as Drillia inermis by Arnold (1903); it was replaced with Turris (Surcula) ophioderma by Dall (1908); it was recombined as Ophiodermella inermis by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. diegensis, O. halcyonis, O. incisa, O. miyatensis, O. ogurana, O. pseudopannus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pleurotoma inermis Reeve figs. pl. 8, fig. 64
1903Drillia inermis Arnold p. 205
2021Ophiodermella inermis Hendy

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusOphiodermellaBartsch 1944
speciesinermis(Reeve 1843)

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.

Ophiodermella inermis Reeve 1843 [gray snakeskin-snail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Ophiodermella inermis (239465 239470)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Turris inermis (186031)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Drillia inermis (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Ophiodermella inermis (96936 96937)