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Cryptogemma senex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Cryptogemma senex was named by Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Chile.]. Its type specimen is SGO.PI.4205, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Cryptogemma senex Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 61 figs. pl. 2, figs. 23-25

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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)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusCryptogemmaDall 1918
speciessenex

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.

†Cryptogemma senex Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: oceanicg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-07-27 20:37:46
Modified: 2010-07-27 22:37:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Keen 1971

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Chile Cryptogemma senex (78556)