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Eopsephaea frederici

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta frederici was named by Bayan (1870) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Volutilithes frederici by Cossmann and Pissarro (1911); it was recombined as Eopsephaea frederici by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Voluta frederici Bayan p. 56
1911Volutilithes frederici Cossmann and Pissarro
1995Eopsephaea frederici Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutilithinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusEopsephaeaFischer 1883
speciesfrederici(Bayan 1870)

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.

Eopsephaea frederici Bayan 1870
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Volutilithes frederici (78567)