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Abyssothauma psilarosis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae

Taxonomy
Moniliopsis psilarosis was named by Barnard (1963) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; South Africa.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Abyssothauma.

It was recombined as Abyssothauma psilarosis by Sysoev (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Moniliopsis psilarosis Barnard pp. 421-422 figs. fig. 4a
1996Abyssothauma psilarosis Sysoev p. 24

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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)
familyRaphitomidaeBellardi 1875
genusAbyssothauma
speciespsilarosis(Barnard 1963)

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.

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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