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Ericusa ancilloides

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta ancilloides was named by Tate (1889) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Australia]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ericusa ancilloides by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. atkinsoni, E. hamiltonensis, E. macroptera, E. pellita, E. sowerbyi, E. sowerbyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Voluta ancilloides Tate p. 126 figs. pl. 3, fig 7
1970Ericusa ancilloides Darragh p. 154

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusEricusaAdams and A 1858
speciesancilloides()

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.

†Ericusa ancilloides Tate 1889
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Voluta ancilloides (72210)