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Alcithoe sarissa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

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

It was recombined as Alcithoe sarissa by Darragh (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Voluta sarissa Tate p. 129 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1a, b
1970Alcithoe sarissa Darragh p. 193

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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
genusAlcithoeAdams and Adams 1853
speciessarissa(Tate 1889)

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.

Alcithoe sarissa 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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Alcithoe sarissa (71239)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Alcithoe sarissa (71352) Voluta sarissa (72210)