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Sphaeronassa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeronassa was named by Locard (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nassariinae by Haasl (2000); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. dujardini, S. edlaurei, S. schoenni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Sphaeronassa Locard
2000Sphaeronassa Haasl pp. Table 2
2002Sphaeronassa Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusSphaeronassaLocard 1886

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. Sphaeronassa Locard 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Badenian or 23.04000 to 12.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria S. dujardini, S. schoenni, S. edlaurei (77624) S. edlaurei (77628)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria S. dujardini (74649) S. dujardini, S. schoenni (74650) S. sp. (74651 74653)