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Pirula promensis

Gastropoda - Ficidae

Taxonomy
Pirula promensis was named by Vredenburg (1921) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Myanmar.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kama (Kama stage), which is in an Aquitanian marine horizon in the Kama Formation of Myanmar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. concinna, P. pannus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Pirula promensis Vredenburg p. 291

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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
superfamilyFicoideaMeek 1864
familyFicidaeMeek 1864
genusPirulaRöding 1798
speciespromensis

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.

†Pirula promensis Vredenburg 1921
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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 07:59:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Myanmar Pirula promensis (type locality: 76583)