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Amauropsis trinitatensis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Amauropsis trinitatensis was named by Mansfield (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352684, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 8299, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bulbiformis, A. burnsii, A. lirata, A. nativitatis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Amauropsis trinitatensis Mansfield p. 58 figs. pl. 10, figs. 4, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyAmpullospirinaeCox 1930
genusAmauropsisMörch 1857
speciestrinitatensis

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.

†Amauropsis trinitatensis Mansfield 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago Amauropsis trinitatensis (type locality: 74924)