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Phalium guppyana

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis (Phalium) guppyana was named by Maury (1912) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Paleocene or Eocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is PRI (unknown number), a partial shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Phalium guppyana by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. newbernensis, P. reklawensis, P. reklawensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Cassis (Phalium) guppyana Maury p. 84 figs. pl. 12, figs. 5, 6
2008Phalium guppyana Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyPhaliinaeBeu 1981
genusPhaliumLink 1807
speciesguppyana()

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.

†Phalium guppyana Maury 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago Cassis guppyana (80172)