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Delphinoidea

Gastropoda - Skeneidae

Taxonomy
Delphinoidea was named by Brown (1827). It is extant. It is the type genus of Delphinoideinae.

It was assigned to Delphinoideinae by Thiele (1924); and to Skeneinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Delphinoidea Brown
1924Delphinoidea Thiele pp. 60, 70
2005Delphinoidea Bouchet et al. pp. 63, 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySkeneidae(Clark 1851)
genusDelphinoideaBrown 1827

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.

G. Delphinoidea Brown 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:46:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Peru (Piura) Delphinoidea indet. (162465)