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Surcula ingens

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma ingens was named by Mayer-Eymar (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene; Nigeria, Egypt.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Surcula ingens by Newton (1922), Abbass (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pleurotoma ingens Mayer-Eymar pp. 50-51 figs. 4: 1
1922Surcula ingens Newton
1967Surcula ingens Abbass p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusSurculaSchumacher 1817
speciesingens(Mayer-Eymar 1895)

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.

Surcula ingens Mayer-Eymar 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Surcula ingens (51240 51242)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Angola Surcula ingens (89622)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Surcula ingens (2960)