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Charonia guichemerri

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Charonia guichemerri was named by Lozouet (1998) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; France.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Meilhan, which is in an Aquitanian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Falun de Sainte-Avit Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. soozi, C. triamans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Charonia guichemerri Lozouet p. 94 figs. figs. 17a-b

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusCharoniaGistel 1848
speciesguichemerri

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.

†Charonia guichemerri Lozouet 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2006-11-12 08:19:29
Modified: 2006-11-12 10:19:29
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.03000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Charonia guichemerri (type locality: 74865)