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Crassispira (Crassispira) aegis

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Crassispira aegis was named by Woodring (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 369364, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Crassispira (Crassispira) aegis by Woodring (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. laurentii, C. loxa, C. lyopleura, C. pseudoprincipalis, C. lyopleura

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Crassispira aegis Woodring pp. 151-152 figs. pl. 4, fig. 12
1970Crassispira (Crassispira) aegis Woodring p. 377

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusCrassispiraSwainson 1840
subgenusCrassispiraSwainson 1840
speciesaegis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Crassispira aegis (58522 69089 69093)