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Northia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Northia was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 553]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Buccinidae by Woodring (1964) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Northia Gray
1964Northia Woodring p. 268
2001Northia Todd
2002Northia Sepkoski

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNorthiaGray 1847

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. Northia Gray 1847
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†Northia miocenica Olsson 1922
Northia northiae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon 1833
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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama N. northiae (42607)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru N. guttifera (66177 66178)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru N. guttifera (66179)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama N. sp. (52170)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia N. guttifera (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) N. ecuadoriana (60640 60662)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) N. sp. (79855)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) N. northiae (60772)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica N. northiae (134657)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) N. northiae (51886)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica N. northiae (134652 134653)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ecuador (Manabi) N. northiae (48664 48665)