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Surcula wateleti

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma wateleti was named by Deshayes (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleogene; Europe]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Surcula wateleti by Abbass (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. inarata, S. miqueli, S. koeneni, S. camposi, Turris djiki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Pleurotoma wateleti Deshayes pp. pl. 98, figs. 16-17
1967Surcula wateleti Abbass p. 121

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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
specieswateleti(Deshayes 1866)

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 wateleti Deshayes 1866
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available