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Bursa amphitrites

Gastropoda - Bursidae

Taxonomy
Bursa amphitrites was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is PRI 28763, a shell (58817), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 3 [Cercado Fm], which is in a Tortonian offshore claystone in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.

It was recombined as Bursa (Tutufa) amphitrites by Vokes (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. scrobiculator

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Bursa amphitrites Maury p. 109 figs. pl. 17, fig 9
1973Bursa (Tutufa) amphitrites Vokes p. 100
2010Bursa amphitrites Beu

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyBursidaeThiele 1925
genusBursaRoding 1798
speciesamphitrites

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.

†Bursa amphitrites Maury 1917
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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 07:59:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.98000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Venezuela (Falcon) Bursa amphitrites (136469)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Bursa amphitrites (type locality: 58817)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Bursa amphitrites (75041 89557 89559 89564)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Bursa amphitrites (75038 89542)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Bursa amphitrites (58873)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Bursa amphitrites (74968 80136)