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Purpuroidea praecursor

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Purpuroidea praecursor was named by Fischer et al. (2002). Its type locality is Calcare Massiccio of Monte Cucco, which is in a Sinemurian shallow subtidal limestone/wackestone in the Calcare Massiccio Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. excelsior, P. gigas, P. glabra, P. moosleitneri, P. supraliasica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Purpuroidea praecursor Fischer et al.

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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)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusPurpuroideaLycett 1848
speciespraecursor

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.

†Purpuroidea praecursor Fischer et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Purpuroidea praecursor (type locality: 80016)