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Euspira punjabensis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Euspira punjabensis was named by Eames (1952) [DISTRIBUTION: Early-Middle Eocene; Pakistan.]. Its type specimen is BMNH G.66920, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Footpath from Droginda to Domanda, which is in a Lutetian marine shale in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Euspira punjabensis Eames p. 75 figs. Pl 1, figs 41a-c, 42
1973Euspira punjabensis Iqbal p. 24

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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
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusEuspiraAgassiz 1837
speciespunjabensis

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.

†Euspira punjabensis Eames 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-10-20 01:35:19
Modified: 2018-03-19 13:36:54
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Bartonian or 55.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan Euspira punjabensis (77395)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Euspira punjabensis (77382 type locality: 183962)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Euspira punjabensis (8676 183819 183820 183821 183853 183862)