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Hemisinus siliceus

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Hemisinus siliceus was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1914) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Oligocene-Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is ANSP (no number), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. amaras, H. bizonatus, H. miralejas, H. venezuelensis, H. bizonatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Hemisinus siliceus Brown and Pilsbry p. 211 figs. pl. 9, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
subfamilySemisinusinae
genusHemisinusSwainson 1840
speciessiliceusBrown and Pilsbry 1914

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.

†Hemisinus siliceus Brown and Pilsbry 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available